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Hey Everyone! Looking to purchase 1-2 single family homes this year and trying to determine whether to self-manage or hire a property manager. Properties will be close by (30 mins) and currently do have the time to my...
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Hi All,
Just wanted to introduce myself and say hello to the community. BP has been incredibly helpful and instrumental in my and my partner's learning process!
I am new to the world of buy and hold re...
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I am Mark Murphy, owner of Fire Insurance Recovery a licensed PUBLIC adjusting in CA. We also have affiliates in other states I can work with.
By law public adjusters can only represent property owners while company...
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Hello Bigger Pockets community,
My name is Jonathan Lewis. Currently I'm getting ready to graduate college and relocate to Dearborn, MI. At this point I'm trying to learn as much as possible from as many sour...
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Hey guys I currently live in the Longview area and I’ve been following BiggerPockets as close as possible. I’ve noticed there haven’t been any posts in the area for sometime. I’m curious if there are any active memb...
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Hi guys, currently I am working full time on developing a mixed (commercial and residential) building located on a nice property down-town in San José, Costa Rica that I owned. I plan to sell some units and rent the r...
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I know this is kind of a long shot but, I’m looking for a mentor or just someone to just help me understand things better and show me more of a hands on approach on getting into the real estate business. Im just wanti...
I am considering transferring a portion of a prior (traditional) IRA to a self directed IRA in order to participate in a private placement for commercial real estate. After reading forums/reviews for all of the SDIRA ...
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I have some properties in mind that I think would work well (both short and long-term) but I don't have money for down payments. Advice on getting started? Two properties already have tenants and the other has a stron...
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Hey everyone, new member here and looking to find my wife and I's first deal. I recently got introduced to BP and have been wanting to jump in, but responsibly so. My wife and I are in our mid 30s and are both W-2 wi...