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Navy veteran trying to one day quit my job. I live in Crest Hill IL just outside Joliet or about 45 mins drive to Chicago. I've worked for the VA for about 10 years. I used my VA loan about 7 years back to buy a sin...
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The stats don't lie:
http://www.biggerpockets.com/stats
Rich Weese has managed to overtake Will Barnard to become number 1 in the BP site influence score!!!
But how long will that last?
Have fun and offer up your r...
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Here on Bigger Pockets it is very popular to suggest that one can make loans through MLOs and avoid any responsibility for licensure and compliance. I have held that since January of 2014 that that is likely a very da...
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I have been reading all the blogs and posts within this site as well as books others have recommended. Amazing amount of information! We are busy getting our first rental SFH ready and I am behind on my formal introd...
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Can anybody share how they are investing passively? Do you invest with a syndication or buy the property yourself and put a property manager in place?
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I typically haven't charged for applications, but I just used an agent who charged $40 per adult.
Then I found this article about a landlord in San Francisco who took 250 applications for one unit at $40 a pop.
http...
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Buying a $50,000 property for $5,000... Too good to be true?
I have obtained a list of properties and the amount of property taxes that are over due by the homeowners.These homeowners have not yet lost their prope...
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Greetings,I am exploring the possibility of getting started in real estate investing. My wife and I really don't have an interest in real estate but looking at the numbers, it seems like something we should pursue. Du...
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So I finally got around to getting my Solo 401k established and have been looking for quality commercial property. I only have experience in multi family and residential so I have been going slow. There seems to be so...
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Two articles that appeared in the trade press yesterday suggest that it may be happening.First, in Globe Street, there appeared an article called "In Volume Dropoff, It's 2017, Not 2007."This article cited a Real Capi...