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Hello! I'm happy to be here on the BP forums.I'm just starting to look at investing in real estate. I live in inland southern California, which is more affordable than the coasts, but still more expensive than what I'...
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Has anyone had success trading stock options?
If so how did you learn?
Books? Any recommendations on what ones?
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Hello, I would love to hear from you guys about your personal experience selecting a niche? How did you go about it? Was it pretty deliberate and strategic or more of a reaction to the opportunity in front of you? ...
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Hello BP investors. I am all over the place looking for a market to invest. Norfolk and Virginia Beach, VA because of the possibility to do both STR and LTR with the same property). Memphis, TN and Birmingham, Al for ...
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My husband and I are new to Bigger Pockets and have been wanting to own an STR and Bed and Breakfast in the future. We have goals of obtaining and running 3 STR's within 5 years or less as we both work full time, and...
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Hi All,I'm just starting out this journey with a friend of mine who is a realtor. We have money lined up and about 140k to start between the two of us. Currently in Los Angeles and that kind of cash doesn't go far. My...
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Hello,So I'm in the process of closing on my first turnkey property and just got my home inspection report back. It only listed 1 major issue but a lot of maintenance items, I am not sure what is expected/not expected...
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Please read my post before answering willy nilly, but I was wondering why is everyone here so against paying for real estate educational information?
I will preface to say that there are quite a few hucksters...
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