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Hi everyone,
After a year of following and watching Bigger Pockets, I've decided to take the next step and join the forums. I'm an investor and cash buyer based in the metro Atlanta area, currently managing one renta...
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One thing that continually boggles my mind, and I often hear on podcasts, is how are people able to scale so quickly and buy their 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th properties so quickly after the first (often within a year of buyin...
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Hello!My name is Becky Reid and I currently live in Colorado Springs. I worked as a federal auditor for 8 years but became a stay-at-home mom 5 months ago when we had our first baby. My husband is a lawyer in the Air...
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Hey guys Kylin checking in! I am a student athlete at Missouri state in Springfield Mo. I’m graduating this December with a degree in Econ and minor in marketing. I would like to be a full time real estate investor we...
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I am in the process of renovating a rental property through an insurance claim after a recent fire. Appliances are not included in the insurance claim of what's being covered by insurance since that falls under "perso...
This week in Atlanta, my partner and I closed a $45,000 assignment on a wholesale deal.This deal was brought to us by a newer wholesaler who was hoping to make a few $G's on the deal. In fact, he would have been thri...
I have used my ROTH, housed at Equity Trust, to invest in properties. These properties require extensive renovations. Getting to the funds and paying contractors timely is an issue with ET and assume this is an ...
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Hello Bigger Pockets,I have a significant amount of capital in a retirement account and not enough capital in the bank to purchase my next investment property. Does anyone have experience with a self-directed IRA in ...
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I've seen some threads about paying down student loans vs. investing in real estate. Usually great material; par for the course here. However, I haven't come across one discussing my situation. So I thought I'd start ...
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So I was wondering, if I had the equity to put 20% down on a house to house hack, wouldn’t that be better than putting 3.5% down?