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Hi all,I've just recently joined the Bigger Pockets community and am really excited to get started with real estate investing! I made the decision to get into real estate investing relatively recently, about a month a...
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I had an opportunity come my way with a couple fellow real estate investors are refinancing a short term rental property and the appraisal came in a bit low and they are looking for gap funding and are offering 15% in...
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Hello, everyone. I have been on BP for a little while now and even upgraded my account to Pro in order to use the analysis tools. But, then I realized I never posted an intro here. So, here we go...I grew up on a farm...
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I recently picked up a property in a tax foreclosure in Cuyahoga County in Ohio. There are good tenants in the building that pay monthly and they were paying to a property management company that was still collecting...
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Hey BP! Real estate rookie here posting for the first time! I have 2 questions for you:
1. I'm about to put in my very first offer on my first property! But I'm looking for insight on something that came up. The pr...
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As I was wholesaling a virtual deal under contract, a gentleman came and asked if I did rent to own. As I build report, he was living in a mobile home behind his parents house and wanted to move but didn’t have any mo...
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Hello all,I've been listening to the BP Podcast and want to get some more detail from experienced BP'ers out there regarding loan qualification for a 2-4 multi-family property. My experience has been that lenders wan...
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Hello BPI know this off topic and understand if no one really knows but I am looking for online stock trading platforms like e-trade or scottrade. I am trying to figure out which ones are the least expensive to deal w...
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Hi everyone, I'm a newbie and the very first real estate investment deal is so nerve wracking, Especially I have no idea what I'm doing. I'm working with an agent on a property posted on MLS. I've been reading, listen...
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I am a financial professional who has a personal interest in real estate investing. My wife and I would like to build a real estate investment business for retirement. Looking to start with some general education so...