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When I first started thinking about getting into REI, my initial thoughts were to do live-in flips with the goal of being able to pay cash for my "retirement" house approximately 10 years from now, so I won't have a h...
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So after tooling around these forums for a while, conducting many searches, and reading a lot of posts I have seen something that has come up often but not yet been addressed (please correct me if I'm wrong).
Everyon...
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Greetings All,First I must say how excited I am at finally being able to make my first diary post after so much planning, prepping, research, lamenting... You get the idea. Just to give some background, I've been lurk...
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Hello everyone. I'm brand new to Bigger Pockets but not so brand new to the real estate game. To give a brief background, I've flipped 2 properties and am now looking to venture into rentals. I know of FHA loans and t...
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Finally got my first deal done!!! It was a hell of an experience, but I wanted to receive my first rent check before I posted my success story.Quick background on myself: I am 25, finance degree, work full-time, aspir...
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Hi Everyone, I am new to this site. I am from bay area where real estate investment becomes so difficult. I want to do some out of state investment but have no clue where to start. I am currently working in IT fiel...
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Has anyone ever joined the USAA Real Estate Rewards Network? A few highlights from the description of the program:Access to a select group of top-performing real estate agents who help you through the home buying or s...
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I have a property in Cincinnati OH that I owned in my name and got a residential loan for in my name. I've owned the property in my name for about a year and I just did a quit claim to transfer the property to my LLC ...
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After nearly three years of reading websites and listening to podcasts about real estate investing, I feel that it is finally time to take action and DO something. With that being said, I still have a few questions th...
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I currently live in State College, PA, but my wife and I have considered a move to Portland Maine. All of our investments are in our local Pennsylvania market and I have no experience with PM or turnkey companies,...