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Hello everyone. I'm new to real estate investing and am in the process of putting together a business strategy to begin wholesaling in Chicago/Chicagoland area. I want to put most of my efforts into marketing to motiv...
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Hey all, I've been studying real estate for about 2 years and just finally was able to put together my first deal. I found a nice townhouse in Flagstaff, AZ about a mile off off the NAU campus. I know personally that ...
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Hello BP community, My name's Terence (Terry) Eng I'm a software engineer by day and I'm looking to join the ranks of the many successful BP members in this Real Estate game. I've stumbled upon BP about 7 months ago ...
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I am going to be leaving my company in a few months and will have to roll over my 401k. I am interested in Rollover for Business Startup (ROBS), but I am currently struggling to find any good information on the topic....
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I am 28yrs old in LA working in marketing. Right now I have about $20k in a high yield online savings and money market, and not exactly sure which I should focus on more - paying off student loans, saving to buy a...
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I just purchased my first flip from foreclosure auction. It's in 166× Argonne drive, hillen neighborhood. I bought the property for $70k, I'm expecting a $40k rehab costs. But I'm out of state and scared that my contr...
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I scrimped and saved since college with a low/middle income job and I finally got into a condo in 2020 at a 3.25% rate in Southern California. Fully remodeled it myself for about, I think, all in 12k. I got rid of the...
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Hey guys,
I've read some of the BP success stories as well as stories outside of BP. Some of the stories state that they had no money, at all, when they bought their first property. My first thought is that this is ...
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I'm wondering if it is proper etiquette to contact the listing agent for a property and just make a verbal offer to see if the seller would be interested in my price? I don't want to annoy my own agent by asking her t...
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We all had to start somewhere . . . new investors are thirsty for real estate advice and I think we can get a thread going with some fantastic feedback from many different viewpoints. So . . .
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