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My wife and I just bought a Freddie mac home steps house during the owner occupied period. We closed last thursday. I needed about 3 weeks to paint and do some work to the house before moving in, so we have not yet mo...
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Hello again BiggerPockets community!Next month I am going to make my way down from New York to Arizona to have a fresh start, and ultimately to start my real estate business. I am 19 years old and I am dropping out of...
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Hey BP People,I am currently screening tenant applications for a vacant rental property of mine and I came across an interesting situation. The applicants are a Hispanic family with 3 young kids; Mother is a housewife...
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I have been thinking about this statement daily for many months now. I'm constantly thinking about ways to be different or learning new skills or finding new deals or doing podcast interviews. I think you get the poin...
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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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Hello Fellow BP'ers!So, I've been renting to the same tenants going on 3 years! Exciting, yes. Everything has been fairly uneventful with them - except for having to replace the whole HVAC system the first summer they...
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Hey BP,My wife and I are looking to settle into our first SFR or small multi fam this Fall but I'm curious over the long run what is the best solution. We are both physical therapists, make around 150k. Our student ...
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Hi all - I’m in the midst of my first deal and have hit a snag. I have an accepted offer on a distressed single family home in East Texas. My realtor had learned from the listing agent that the owner of the home had p...
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How Important is Depreciation in Buying an Investment Property?
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Scott, @Scott Trench,I must say, you truly disappointed me with your negative article on stock investing. https://www.biggerpockets.com/renewsblog/2015/04/16/ridiculousness-of-stock-picking-waste-of-time-young-investo...