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What jobs for someone in another industry would be most helpful for someone looking to become a real estate investor? Of course, I know the best answer is probably just become a real estate investor, but we are going...
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Hello team!Here's a thought on my mind, which I thought I'd throw out to the community here--My former college roommate, who is a talented carpenter/cabinet-maker, moved in a year ago as one of my tenants (in my perso...
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Hi all,I'm basically your typical family man who's trying to ensure that his retirement later on is something he can feel confident about and enjoy. I don't want to have to worry about running out of money. So my ma...
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Hello!I’m a newbie at real estate investing but My ultimate goal is to build a portfolio with buy and hold rental properties. so With that said, What are the pros and cons of purchasing Tenant occupied properties? Do...
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I am a soon-to-be college graduate starting out in the real estate industry in Utah. I have a little bit of an interesting background. Because of previous goals and ambitions my experience thus far consists of employm...
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Business owner, property investor and commercial realtor here out of South New Jersey and Philadelphia area. I have for many years now read the forums, learned immense amounts of information and figured it was not tim...
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Hi AllI have been reading thought other blogs but feel my scenario is slightly different.I am from South Africa and moving to DFW area at the end on 2015. I am going to be investing in real estate for long-term positi...
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Investment Info:
Single-family residence buy & hold investment in San Antonio.
I purchased my first home in 2011. In 2014, I moved into a larger house and decided it was an opportunity to add real estat...
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Hello BiggerPockets Community! Beyond excited posting here for the first time! I've been an avid listener to the BP Real Estate Podcast for nearly three years, even though I have yet to take advantage of all the other...
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Hi BP Community,
I'm interested in folks' input on whether the below is a good idea and if they have had experience doing what I'm thinking about.
First some background...I purchased a condo shell for $25K (cash) a ...