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3 February 2025 | 15 replies
Find a good lender, get pre approved, make sure you practice running the #'s using the 100's of videos and guides from BP, find an investor friendly Realtor, and then start making offers on any property that meets your goal.
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16 January 2025 | 0 replies
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21 January 2025 | 6 replies
If it's a verbal tenancy, you have to show a practice of collecting rent that the tenant is no longer abiding by (or perhaps tenant shows up, and honestly states they were obligated to pay rent and haven't done so).When the eviction case is submitted, you give the tenants names, e-mail, phone, address.
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20 January 2025 | 2 replies
hey guys, I've been talking to a potential PM for my townhouse and he sent me his PM agreement for review.There are a few things in the agreement I didn't like, but I'm not sure if these are common practice or true RED flags.Would love to hear your thoughts...
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28 January 2025 | 11 replies
Using the cash flow to help with your kids' college expenses is a practical approach.
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12 January 2025 | 6 replies
Quote from @Jaycee Greene: Quote from @William Taylor: Hey there BiggerPockets members, I'm an upcoming agent practicing running numbers on different duplexes and investment properties I'm seeing on the market, here to share another report I'm working on for feedback.
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22 January 2025 | 1 reply
He said it's standard practice that they don't want agents there.
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20 January 2025 | 1 reply
For those interested, a combination of mortgages with no “due on sale” clause, mortgage companies loose due diligence, and title insurers willingness to “turn a blind eye” to practices that wouldn’t pass scrutiny now, resulted in tactics like the “second mortgage crank” which not only allowed investors to purchase properties with no money out of pocket but allowed investors to actually walk away from closing with “cash in their pocket”.
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17 January 2025 | 19 replies
It is alarming to witness someone in a prominent position within James' mentorship program engage in such unethical practices.
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22 January 2025 | 8 replies
BPCON happens every October, this year is in Vegas Oct 5-7th good to get some practice in going to local networking events because BPCON is like drinking from a firehose, in the best way possible though!