I am an active investor here in Portland. Its a great market to work. However this isn't about me. I need advice on what advice to pass on to a buddy. I have a friend who has seen me enjoy some success flipping houses...
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Hello,
My wife and I are looking at buying a 200 acre piece of property that is near our home. The largest parcel on the property is about 135 acres and it has a SFH on it that needs quite a bit of renovation. There ...
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man... i have been studying, listening to EVERY single bigger pockets podcast, read Brandon's books and i have annoyed most of my friends by just talking about Real Estate and how much it just MAKES SENSE but i cannot...
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Real Estate is certainly a great vehicle to invest because of the various tax benefits associated with it. However, if you invest with pre-tax money, some of those rules may not apply, for example depreciation tax wri...
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So recently I received two calls from motivated sellers, I am a newbie investor and I began marketing a few weeks ago and it is actually working. However, I am having a hard time following the rule to at least look at...
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This afternoon, I'll be heading to a closing on the sale of the first rental property I bought almost 5 years ago, in November 2014.
Here is a post where I was trying to figure out whether or not to buy the property,...
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After YEARS of brainwashing by the government and public school systems about marijuana, guess who's soul has a price? California! Apparently the price is $1 BILLION dollars in tax revenue that they COULD bring in b...
hey I am currently in contract for my first rental which I am buying for 45k, worth about 60-65k now and will have a loan of about 34k on it. I will buy and hold the property and it has 2 units, my question is I do no...
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After many starts and stops trying to get started in some area of real estate investing, I finally have calls starting to come in from a direct mail campaign. Problems is that I have many serious questions, and while ...
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Much of this thread is repost of parts of other threads and blogs from a year ago. I"ve been continually asked about this subject and there are lots of newbies on BP that may benefit from this.
I want - to start wit...