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I have 3 SFH's and 2 townhouses as buy and hold rentals. Paid off primary house. Have a property manager. Current plan: working W-2 job around 140-160k/year. Maxing out retirement accounts, ira, adding to taxable acco...
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Hey guys! My name is Jarred and I am a newbie from North County San Diego. I have been listening and learning...and lurking for the past 2 years when I made my account, but never really spent much time on the site unt...
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I have been in a paralysis by analysis with real estate for a long time now 3 years exactly looking at few deals and then backing out. I looked at turnkey properties then backed out. I looked at the local market which...
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My wife taught elementary in a rough area in Tacoma and in a privileged area in Wallingford. In Tacoma, the elementary kids had to duck under desks as they experienced a drive by shootings. Kids are joining gangs in t...
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Hi there, my name is Shane Casad. I'm a Michigan State student, and originally from Michigan Center( a small town just outside of Jackson). I say "not quite so new to BP" because I have been a member for quite sometim...
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Success all starts with the mind, if you can not convince your self in becoming a success, you will never be a success.
Ask your self a few simple questions!
How long have you wanted to be a real estate investor?
Ho...
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Hello, I've been reading a few books about real estate investing and I ran into using your current 401k and turning it into a "Real Estate IRA" to purchase investment property. Has anyone else heard of this?
I have seen so many people start and stop in the Real Estate business more times than I can count. I recognize that a lack of initial success is going to result in people petering out but what about the people who fou...
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Hello BP! This is such an amazing space....thank you Joshua and Brandon. I have been lurking for exactly 1 month now and thought I should introduce myself. I grew up on Shasta Lake in Northern California working in...
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Just curious if anyone else is going to Robert Kiyosaki's free seminar in Cheyenne in two weeks? I know he has few free ones in northern CO as well.