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Hello Everyone! My name is Josh Starbuck and I am very new to REI. I currently live in Valdosta, GA but will be moving back to Pensacola, FL once my contract is up. I am in the air force and work behind a desk (which ...
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I've spent the last year or so learning as much as possible about real estate investing and I'm ready to dive into buy and hold. The point I'm at now is shopping for the best HELOC I can find. I believe I have about 7...
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Hello everyone. I own my home almost free and clear. It's worth $260,000. I'm shopping for a cash out refi for 30 years at 4.5%. (I'm hoping to get a better rate). The loan would be an 80% LTV for $208,000. Closing c...
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A friend of mine has been into real estate investing for about as long as I have and we have worked together on other unrelated issues with loans and such. I realized that he has more connections than I do and he has ...
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Hello All,I am new to Bigger Pockets and this online forum. I am an engineer by profession and very much interested in starting a real estate investment portfolio. Currently, I do not own a house due to job movement w...
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Hey all! I've connected with some of the SA folks here but I'm still only a few weeks into this. I've listened to quite a few podcasts, begun to learn a lot about REI and really hope to make a purchase next year. My l...
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Hello Fellow BPer'sFirst a little bit about me. I am an OEF veteran. After that I got into the mortgage business in April 2006. I initially started off working with investors but eventually switched to a company tha...
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Hello all. Let me get started by saying that house hacking is the best early investor living opportunity I have ever come across. I absolutely love the idea and am planning to use this method as my start in the REI co...
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I’m a recent college grad and I’m looking at buying my first house, but in the economies current state I have concerns on whether it is a good idea to buy now or live cheap and rent until the economy heals. Let me kno...
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What’s the best site/app/service to use for your rental applicants to submit to when applying for your rental? Looking for something the prospective tenant can use easily to log in, pay the fee, and the report gets se...