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What is your WHY??? What wakes you up in the morning and makes you want to do a deal? When I started 5 years ago, I used to think it was for financial freedom or more time with my future kids, but now I think I just e...
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Hi everyone, I am 23 and newly learning STR. My parents are paying all cash on a property (reason being we're internationals without a credit score and therefore very high interest rate) and they want me to turn the h...
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Hi--I'm new here and am looking for some real estate investor advice. My wife and I bought a duplex 7 years ago at the top of the market for $365000. We planned on moving out in a year or so, but then the market dro...
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Can anyone explain the pro's and con's with utilizing a Self Directed IRA for RE investing.
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i started investing 16 years ago and currently have 52 doors and am about to start 4-3/2 rentals here in northeast arkansas. my gross rents are currently over 35k/month. the 4 additional houses will rent for about 10...
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Hi BP!This is my first time ever posting on here. I dont want to make this too long so I will get right to it. Currently I live in Miami Fl, as a lot of you know the market here in south Florida in very pricey and I'm...
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Many people have highly recommended the book, Rich Dad Poor Dad, by Richard Kiyosaki.
I came across this great article that completely tore the book, and the author, to shreds.
http://www.johntreed.com/Kiyosaki.html...
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I am trying to finance my repair and renovation for a duplex investment of 2500 sq ft property that I recently purchased. This property is in California in the LA area. The repair for foundation and earthquake retrofi...
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This is my first post on here so bear with me. I am looking for ideas on how to offset my real estate gains. A little background is I am single and make approximately 150k/year in my non-realestate W2 dayjob. I have 3...
Dear BiggerPockets Community,
I am new to BiggerPockets here but would like to ask for some needed advice. Our daughter was recently laid off and is struggling to find work. My husband and I thought we could help he...