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Hello BP community!My name is Ryan O’Rourke. I’m 29, I’ve lived in Rochester, NY my entire life, and I recently became a licensed Real Estate Salesperson.A little background on my RE journey up until this point.. Grow...
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Hello everyone!My name is Farah. I started my investing journey in real estate in 2020 and managed to acquire a couple of multi family homes. I am looking to learn more about buying out of state and doing quick small...
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I moved to Puerto Rico about 8 months ago, and apparently there is no MLS here. Agents, or even fake agents, will post the same listing online, and then contact the real owner, and then take a cut. I didn't know this ...
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Powerful Words
Martha Beck is credited with coining the quote “How you do anything, is how you do everything”. The saying "How you do anything, is how you do everything" encapsulates a profound truth about human beha...
Okay.. I'm new but I've been reading a lot of posts. It seems everyone is trying to get their involvement in their rental income business to be "actively Participating" so they can get the QBI deduction, but I've al...
For the past few years I've house hacked and have a background in real estate sales, lending, and property management. I'm not an expert, however I'm certainly not new to investing. A close friend of mine approached m...
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We had a tenant leave our rental property in May of this year. We received about $5,000 in gross rent. The tenant trashed the property and we had to spend about $8,000 on repairs. Including new paint ($4,400) an...
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Hi everyone,
Newbie here to the Bigger Pockets forums, and have a question regarding Gift of Equity.
My parents own a small mixed use building and we are in very early stage conversations about selling it to me f...
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Hi All!
New member here from the Bay Area. My wife and I are looking to start a real estate investment business on the side. For right now we're focusing on vacuuming up as much knowledge as possible and tryi...
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Hello fellow BP members. I've had a chance to explore the site over the last few days and now wanted to make my introduction to you all!My name is Matt Dorsten, I have been a commercial broker in Denver now for about...