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Hello, I am trying to confirm how the IRS requires me to calculate the cost basis of an owner-occupied duplex for calculating my capital gains. I think I know the answer, but I am also hoping I am wrong because it doe...
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Hello BPers,Due to recent rise in the market, I wanted to run the potential options to see what other “long buy and hold investors” are doing. What are your thoughts on potential strategies below? Appreciate your inpu...
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I've been listening to the BP podcast and finally decided to hop on the forum to try and expand my knowledge. I'm attending college in Manhattan, NY and I'm looking for ways to get started in real estate investing, a...
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Hey Bigger Pocketers!
Hope all is well in the Investo-verse. So I figured Id pick the brains of some of the most knowledgeable people I’ve found, yourselves, about career paths in Real estate as a whole. First allo...
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Hello to Dayton, Ohio investors! I'm interested in the Dayton market and trying to understand what's been happening there since the Great Recession. I've read some of the Dayton CAFR and it says the Dayton Region expe...
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So I am exiting the military and my goal is to retire in another 10 years from investing in real estate. So far I own one rental property in El Paso, TX. I currently have $70k saved up and I am trying to figure out th...
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I've been listening to @Scott Trench's new book, Set for Life, recently. Scott discusses the concept of dollar-cost averaging a bit as it relates to investing in index funds. This makes a lot of sense to me and I've...
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Hello, I am interested in my finding my first multi-family deal upon the last year and half of research, I have recently kicked it into second gear and on course to obtain my first MF. I work full time, my company has...
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Hello Wichita Bigger Pockets. I am an out of state investor who just closed on my first duplex in Wichita today and excited to be invested in the area. Now that I own property here, I want to pursue small single famil...
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Hey everyone,I'm out here in Las Cruces enjoying the first time home owner life. I'm going to hit two years in the area next month which means I've started to shift into exit strategy planning. I want to find a path t...