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I currently live in Chicago and I want to get started with real estate investing, specifically house hacking. Does anyone familiar with the area have any tips on getting started? Mostly I want to know more about how t...
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From the beginning of Allison Hadley’s search for a home this spring, Johnson County houses were flying off the market.
Hadley, 33, grew up in Overland Park and wanted to move back from Durham, North Carolina, to pra...
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Hi there BPers!I've been tinkering with the idea of purchasing a duplex and using both sides as a vacation rental. I do have some logistical concerns and would love to hear from anyone else who has purchased a vacatio...
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Quick background: We have an in-law suite in our primary residence that we rent out as a separate apartment on Airbnb since December of 2015. Our first investment property just went live on Airbnb this week, and it's...
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I'm renting a house to a group of guys in a college town. I've never had issues with them over the last two years. Rent is always on time and communication has been good.The house has an upstairs and a downstairs. The...
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Can someone tell me why we a real estate agent deserves 3% of my income in 2017? I do realize that there are some tremendous ones that take care of alot of things. However, my experience has been that most of them c...
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Hello BP family!
Ever since I joined the BP a couple of years ago and read many inspiring stories, I FINALLY decided to take major action and quit a solid paying career as a surgical device sales rep to focus on RE...
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The bigger pockets community has been nothing but amazing for me thus far. I have not posted a whole lot but learned so much within the last 1-2 years from listening to podcast, reading books, and posts. For a while I...
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Hello real-estate community,
I am purchasing a conversion 4 unit this Friday in Wisconsin Dells, WI. The current landlord pays all utilities. I've heard some ideas on the BiggerPockets podcast on how to separate thos...
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Im new to this forum, found it while looking for information about flipping in Toledo, Ohio. I want to stat flipping but it is impossible at the moment for me in the Bay Area. I have been looking at a few houses in To...