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I notice that many of the cities people are investing in, at least from my limited experience, seem to be in the mid-west, south and east coast.
Because I live in Southern California, I am thinking that keepi...
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As my real estate investment experience progressed, I couldn't help but notice a thirst for knowledge among potential investors. They were like sponges, ready to drink up every bit of knowledge about the real estate m...
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I'm in the Chicagoland area looking at acquiring a second rental property (currently own condo I'm renting and looking to grow my portfolio) and at first was looking at SFH's since I don't have a ton of capitol for a ...
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Hello BP Nation!My name is James A. Register and I started learning about real estate investing over 35 years ago. When I was 17 years old, I started watching all those late night TV shows(infomercials) promising to m...
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Hi All, I have been steadily growing my property management business and wanted to get some feedback from other small business owners who are also in the property management and real estate sales industry. I have hit ...
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Often times we make mistakes. In business and life. It’s about how we learn from those mistakes that shows us more about ourselves. Learning to speak about our failures instead of hiding them. So I will share mine. Ye...
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GreetingsMy Wife and I are very new to REI. We already have our first property which we occupy along with our kids ( 4 ) and we are now ready to look into our next venture via a rental property with a starting budget ...
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Hello!My name is Michael Considine. I am a 25 year old Carpenter who is quickly approaching his first investment property. I am currently looking at 2-3 family properties to house hack in or near Monmouth County, NJ...
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In real estate, the biggest hurdles are often the ones you least expect—and sometimes, they’re as small as a crystal doorknob.
Back in 2019, a simple set of crystal doorknobs nearly cost us a $25,000 deal on a home o...
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We all know most markets in the country are suffering from a huge shortage of affordable housing. I would assume there are some people on here who have gone down the path of developing affordable housing projects for ...