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I live in Campbell, California and have recently joined BP. Since joining a week ago, I have thoroughly enjoyed listening to a number of the podcasts on my daily commute. I have been investing for 4 years now and ha...
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Friend bought his first property and inherited a tenant on a month to month. Verbal commitment to sign 1 year lease with me. Day of signing, tenant goes missing, and never came back, home sits with all his stuff 2 mon...
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Hello BP Fam!
I am a newbie and am very interested in starting my RE investing career to achieve financial freedom! I am 30 years old, working a full-time job at a marketing agency, and have decent credit score (a li...
Hi, my Name is Garett Jacobs...Ive been in the trades since I was 18 though my dad was a painter so I was an subject to indentured servitude since from around l the age of 13. I've lived in the Topsham/Brunswick area ...
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I'm looking at vacation rentals in areas I've never personally visited, and was wondering what everyone did to evaluate the level of demand in a particular area. If you can add think of anything I'm missing from this...
Hi all,I've been following the BiggerPockets forum and podcast for a couple years now, learning all I can and waiting until we had the money saved to buy our first home with an eye toward RE investing. My wife and I f...
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Very common thread i get it! Im new here... So i want to throw this out.Im 31 own a home in the bay area, not interested investing around here because numbers dont make sense....I have about 150-200k to start my real...
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Hello BP,My name is Jarrod and I am currently in the military, living in Guam, but will be retiring in about two years. I count my location as DC, since that is where my property is, though I most likely won’t move b...
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A tenant recently moved into my NYC rental unit. He needed the pipes under the bathroom sink tightened up. So I went by yesterday and let myself in. Fixed the pipes and as I was cleaning up I noticed a crack in one...
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Is it standard to use a real estate agent when purchasing small (12-unit specifically in my case) apartments? The info on the property is already available through the listing broker, I know how to run the numbers, an...