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Hello Better Pockets members,I am fairly new to the Bigger Pockets community. My name is Nick and I am a long-time resident of the East Bay area (currently near Lake Merritt in Oakland). The Bigger Pockets articles an...
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Hi everyone! My name is Kelly my husband Sean and I are from the Windham, Connecticut area. Earlier this year we got involved in real estate. We've been researching various ways of real estate investing, been to var...
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I AM RETIRED NOW AND WOULD LOVE TO START INVESTING IN REAL ESTATE. I USED TO INVEST IN NEW YORK FOR FUN AND MAKE SOME MONEY. I LOVE IT!
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Hello! I'm a total newbie to this so I would appreciate any insight. I recently learned about this wonderful site and I am interested to start investing in real estate through house hacking. After graduating this sem...
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Hello BP Community,I wanted to introduce myself, my name is Steve Kelly and I am new to the BP website. I just graduated from the University of Delaware and accepted a job working in the Banking and Finance industry. ...
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Hello everybody,
I'm new to biggerpockets and I've never been more excited! I'm currently living in Poulsbo, WA working as a nuclear engineer in the navy. I'm originally from AL. I'm coming up on my one year anniv...
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Imagine you are the mentor of an 18 year old kid that wants to get into real estate investing but has ZERO credit history.. Pretty much the position I am in.. No authorized user options available.. What would you reco...
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Greetings seasoned veterans and fellow newbies! My mane is Aaron and I am just getting started out. I've been listening to the podcasts and am learning a lot. I thought it was time to get involved in the forums. I ...
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Will some members that have rentals share what vetting service they use when vetting potential renters? Possibly share an application and rental contract?
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I'm currently renting in Cincinnati, and I'm looking to House Hack once my lease is up in Fall 2016. I'm hoping I can spend the next few months learning so I'm ready to go when the time comes.