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I would like to hear from investors who started in 06-07. Are you guys out there? What did you do in terms of investment strategies that protected you from the recession?
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I am a single mother of 2 "special needs" kids... I am a licensed Real Estate agent in WI.... I have no car, crappy credit, and no money... I LOVE real estate.... I have read at least 20 books, gone to at least 3-4 s...
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Thanks to the great advice I got from the folks on this forum, I now have a great tenant in place for my first rental starting 6/1, and we are putting an offer on a duplex later this week, so exciting! So naturally I'...
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In a couple of weeks, my wife and I will be closing on our first rental property (2 unit, duplex) here in Toledo, OH. We are excited to start our journey in rental property investing! I wanted to reach out to see if t...
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I have read so much literature that it should be coming out of my wazoo. LoL But seriously, every other book I read seems to differ on which process of wholesaling should be your first call to action. So my question i...
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After many hours of networking and burning up the phones with local wholesalers the writing was on the wall that if I want to get the volume of deals done that I expect for this year, that I was going to have to find ...
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Hello BP,
I am new to this community and very excited about all of the incredible resources and wealth of knowledge BP has to offer. I have a very unique background, and I would like to take some time to intr...
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I purchased my first duplex a month ago with the intention of owner occupying the back unit while I fix it up and eventually rent it out. It is located in Gardena, CA which is in a non rent control part of Los Angeles...
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I am a new agent that earned his license in March. Since then, I have had a few clients and submitted some offers too but the deals fell through due to unforeseen circumstances (Lack of funds, seller backing out, etc)...
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Hi, all!I am looking to try and buy a property in Orlando (or surrounding area) in the next year or so to use as a vacation home/short term rental property. I would like to try to be within a 30 minute drive to Disne...