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Hello everyone! I'm a new member and wanted to introduce myself. I've been lurking on BP for a couple of weeks now and have found the the site and forum to be very helpful.
A couple of years ago I was honorab...
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Just recently got onto Bigger pockets looking for real estate investment. I am a physician, 59, and recently got out of financial debt associated with divorce and custody issues and am in a much better position at thi...
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I purchased my first property in March 2013 right after graduating college with a bachelor’s in finance (Dec ’12) and months after getting my first professional job as a staff accountant (July ’12). Making $35k /yr wa...
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Hi. I am writing this post in hopes of it helping me analyze my own fears. I am an active duty military member looking down the barrel of a medical separation. This is scaring me out of my mind. I have known that I wo...
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I work full-time (60-70 hrs) week on my regular job and do real estate on the side. Like most people I'm working hard to build wealth and cash-flowing investments in real estate. In the past 18 months, I've acquired...
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Our property is in MI but we live in CA so it's hard to keep track of the tenant. We recently visited and discovered that they have been cultivating marijuana in the basement. They were growing and dispensing mariju...
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I'm new to the rental business. How do you all handle pets and smokers? Allow or Not? If not, how do you ensure rules are abided by? What would be the penalties if you found they weren't abiding by the rules? If ...
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Hi everyone on BP. My name is Rob Blanchard and I am located in Littleton Colorado, a southern suburb of Denver. I enjoy hiking and Mountain Biking in the Rocky Mountains.I have attended many REI Meetings, a few Live ...
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I've seen all of the photos of Houston and of course I feel very badly for the people there. I have never been in a situation as bad as that and can only imagine the emotional and financial toll its taking on them...T...
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Good evening. I am thinking of buying an income property before end of year, in part to take advantage of the generous Jobs Act depreciation allowance which I understand will expire 12/31/22. Does this have relevanc...