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Hi everyone! My name is Stephanie Scanlan and my husband Josh and I recently got married and are looking to begin real estate investing for our future. He's an accountant in Bloomington MN and I teach cognitive disabi...
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I'm in the process of trying to acquire my first multi-family property in Chicago. I wanted to receive a few opinions or suggestions on how I should be sourcing potential properties. I feel that I'm competing amongst ...
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Hi everyone!I've been listening and watching the BP podcasts and youtube videos for years now and recently graduated from college. I've always known I wanted to get into real estate and thought what better time than n...
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Hi, I'm Marie! Growing up I never thought I'd rent, I always assumed I'd buy a house. My mom made us get credit cards at 16, and instilled in us that loans were for school and homes, THAT'S IT. I have perfect credit a...
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Hello fellow Chicago BPers,
I just bought my first rental property in Chicago last June. It's a 3-unit property. I'm currently renting out the bottom and top units, with me living in the middle one. I also Airbnb m...
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I'm in the process of trying to acquire my first multi-family property in Chicago. I wanted to receive a few opinions or suggestions on how I should be sourcing potential properties. I feel that I'm competing amongst ...
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Hi everyone! I've been listening and watching the BP podcasts and youtube videos for years now and recently graduated from college. I've always known I wanted to get into real estate and thought what better time than ...
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Hi Everyone - I bought my first home 1.5 years ago without realizing that the rental cap on the building was filled. Now, I have a job in another city that I have to move for and I'm not off the wait list to rent out ...
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The November 2019 Central Texas Housing Market Report is out from the Austin Board of REALTORS (ABoR). Many months of low inventory and rising prices in the City of Austin set the metro area on pace for record-breakin...
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The July 2019 Central Texas Housing Market Report is out from the Austin Board of REALTORS (ABoR). Home sales in the Austin area set a new July record with an 11.7% increase year over year. However, the City of Austin...