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Continuing on the strength of 2016's performance, 2017 will bring require a skilled approach to selecting the right investments given the changing markets. Three trends we expect to have a high level of influence a...
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Hello BP members! I hope everyone is having a great week! Life is too short to be unhappy; live it to the fullest.
Before entering real estate, I basically did whatever I wanted and tried to make my dreams come true...
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There are several important things you need to be successful in real estate, one of which is a great team. I'm going to talk briefly about who should be on the winning team:
1. Your Mentor - every successful entrepr...
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My first deal was to be owner occupied in a condo. This condo is downtown, one block from the main drag, with a peek-a-boo view of the harbor. I bought it off the MLS as a foreclosure and it was terribly ugly inside...
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Hello! I just wanted to take a second to THANK YOU ALL! I’ve been following the forums for about six months now, but have not posted (or even made a profile) until recently. Really though, I don’t say this lightly. Yo...
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Introduction: Sorry for the long wall o' text.Hey all, been digging around the forums and blogs people have been posting up. First, I'd like to give all of you a big "thank you" in advance, especially those who have b...
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Hello BP Community,I am Virender Mann, a professional software engineer in Seattle, WA. I am new to the forums and have been listening to the podcasts for a while. I am a starting a real estate investment business and...
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Hello Tennesseans,I'm a Memphis,Tn native turn Real Estate investor and Entrepreneur. I've been a non official member of BiggerPockets for quite some time now. In case you're wondering, I've asked myself the same exac...
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I'm excited to join this group of savvy investors. I currently own two rental properties in the Denver metro area as I sold my first condo property (an REO living hack) two years and loved the money I made on the deal...
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Hi BP Family, Just wanted to put some good vibes out on BP... I had been trying to get into real estate investing for about 7 years... always working in real estate tech companies to try and learn as a vendor. Had bee...