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I'm an oil and gas analyst turned RE agent I'm writing a book and starting a vlog just on my FB to try and educate people on both mindset of being an investor and what one needs to do to be able to effectively start t...
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Ok, I admit it. I listen to Dave Ramsey. Today he had a caller ask about REI. Here are some of his major issues:
1. Be Patient. Most beginners get all excited and think they are going to make a killing, but they ...
This is major news on Indy mac. This guy gets inside info before the news and in most cases is right on target!
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Hello All - I'm a small time buy-n-hold investor from Dallas/Fort Worth. Got 4 rentals currently, all renting within the $1675-$2050 range, solid cash flow. My goal was to grow into 10 properties but the institutional...
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Hello BP,I have my first wholesale deal under contract in South Jersey for 19k. Repairs are in the 35-45k range. ARV estimate is in the 110-125k range. The issue is that the current owner of the property has 13k i...
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Hey everyone. This is a question for all the passive investors out there. With so many syndications available to invest in these days, I am curious what syndication do you invest in?
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I am a beginner Real Estate investor and currently own one rental property in Marion Illinois which is performing well. I am currently debating between continue to invest in Southern Illinois for rentals or not. I hea...
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Against everyone's advice, I decided to do some renovations in San Antonio while living out-of-state in San Francisco. Now that I have some battle scars from this good learning experience, I have some questions
1) As...
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Hello BP, as this is my first post to a BP forum I would like to introduce myself and say that I am an 18 year old kid who has found extreme interest and would love to start house hacking when I graduate from college....
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Many self-managing investors on Bigger Pockets have to handle security deposits and this can sometimes be challenging. We wanted to share our the experience we have gathered throughout the years by managing hundreds o...