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Hi everyone! I am new to BP and so excited to be here, having read a few of Brandon and Josh's books. My wife and I are both teachers in NYC beginning our journey on REI. I am interested in the route of starting by...
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Hi forum,
My wife (USA citizen) and I (Swiss) are in the process of moving to the USA. While my wife currently works in Colorado Springs and builds the foundation for our endeavor, I am still working in Switzerland f...
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Hello BP,
I am a 24 year old school teacher working in Eaton, OH, living in Oxford, OH, who is from Franklin, OH and looking to invest wherever I can find a deal in Southwest, OH. I'm thinking Dayton, Hamilto...
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I bought my first home with an FHA loan. It was a modest 157k house, but I only make about 43k a year, plus I have about 26k in student loans and a 14k car loan, so my DTI is pretty tapped (I'm undoing and re-educated...
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Hello everyone!I am Nina and I am currently living in New York City. I was born and raised in Austria and have spent the last couple years living in Vienna, Berlin, London & New York City. Since early 2014 I have...
Not sure where to really begin with this. I got introduced to the world of REI back in April of this year. I was going through some things at the time, but discovering REI seemed like a new beginning and a chance to...
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Greetings Bigger Pockets fam. I'm a college student who is about to graduate in 2 months and start working full time and making a salary of 70k annually. 4 friends and I currently rent a 4 bed 2 bath 1700sf single fam...
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Hello BiggerPockets forum! It has come to my attention that the topic of "college dropouts" has sprouted a seed of slight interest in a few discussions. Though having only joined BiggerPockets very recently, I couldn'...
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Hello BP,I have a question for everyone who has experienced a market decline in their local area. Say I am investor with 20 units and those buildings decline in value by 50% over a short period of time. What happens t...
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