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Hello BP! Just wanted to quickly introduce myself. Recently join the forums and have been listening to podcast for a few months.I was a realtor in San Diego for 3 years and currently work for one of the largest RE dev...
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Hi this is Swanny,Please realize that single family, duplexes, triplexes and quads are valued based on Comparative Values or commonly known as Comps. You are at the mercy of comps when you buy, sell, or refinance the...
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Hi BP family,I am a software engineer from SF Bay Area. Working at one of the top companies in the world, I love my job, earn a very good salary and have no plan to quit.My buddy (also software eng) and I have quite a...
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Just wanted to thank the BP community for convincing me to get my real estate license. The past few weeks of studying were quite difficult, but today I overcame all those obstacles to pass my Maryland salesperson exa...
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My RE Success story. Thanks Biggerpocket.com community for the inspiration and guidance. I posted this in the commercial real estate forum as well. Not sure how to cross post (if even possible). Reposting it here. I ...
Anyone here on BP who is 18 - early 20's trying to figure out real estate investing/in the process of making their first investment? I'm right there with ya. What are you currently interested in investing? It would...
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On the BiggerPockets website everyone has an equal voice. An equal opportunity to read and post as anyone else (as long as the poster follows the BP posting guidelines of course - which is understandable).I have learn...
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To the BiggerPockets community,What have been your best passive investments? By passive I mean less than 1 hour of your time in total a month on the investment. What was the initial cost? How much time did it initia...
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Hello everyone,I'm a young aspiring real estate investor looking to complete my first deal! At this point I am considering both options (in state & out of state) investing and am trying to weigh out my options on ...
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There are two REIA groups I am interested in joining, REIA, the Real Estate Investors Association of Washington and The Real Estate Association of Puget Sound (REAPS). Has anyone had any experience with either of thes...