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Hello BP Community,I recently started a new direct mail marketing campaign in my Chicago market and wanted to sort of chronicle how it turns out. I actually wanted to post this the first week, but I gave it a little t...
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I am very new to real estate investing but have been diligently reading everything that I can here on BiggerPockets. One thing that is holding me back is that I live in a high cost of living area so I've concluded th...
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There is a lot of information out here on how to become a wholesaler, but I can't see as much for people who want to buy and hold properties at the best price. Would I be correct in saying the following?A wholesaler w...
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I gotta tell you. I'm frustrated. Maybe I'm alone. However, sometimes it feels as though I am the ONLY one who seems to "get it." As a Realtor®, I recognize the inherent brainwashing that goes on in the industry wi...
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Why is it that almost all new investors want to know the best way to find deals, the best way to find private lenders, the best way to find wholesalers, the best way to do everything and make 300k+ per year without do...
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I just watched this great BP video: The Top 4 Reasons to Never Invest in Turnkey Real Estate ... although he has some goods points, there are situations where turnkey might make sense and I'm wondering what the BP com...
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2018, a new year and a new journey for myself and my wife Amy. We have a long term goal of owning rental properties. Over the past year we have been lurking on biggerpockets and reading real estate books. This year we...
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I'm sure many of you have been here. YOU are getting into real estate investing and are very passionate about it. You become so passionate about it, you talk about it a LOT. You want your spouse to be passionate about...
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As a real estate investor what market data would you like to see? I am pulling local MLS data and curious as an investor what metrics, numbers, averages would you love to have access too?
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Hello everyone,Im just starting to get my feet wet in real estate investing so I'm going to go ahead and apologize for all of the dumb questions I'll be asking haha.Now that that's out of the way, my name is Matt. I'v...