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16 January 2025 | 7 replies
.- If they are more reasonable you may want to accept if for now, but let them know you'd be doing regular increases to get the rent more inline with market rent.Too many newbies here will tell you to get market rent or get rid of the tenant.
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23 January 2025 | 10 replies
@Jackson Pudlo you'll have a better chance of success managing a unit right next door and learn a lot.Versus...Buying a rental in a few years that not near you.One of the biggest mistakes newbie investors make is not paying enough attention to their rentals because they are too busy with family & work.You really won't be able to ignore a rental next door to you!
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3 January 2025 | 7 replies
Hello everyone,
I am from Alexandria, VA located at the border of Washington DC and Prince George County, MD working for a kitchen and bath remodeling company since 2017 known as European Granite Design that also fab...
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2 January 2025 | 3 replies
I'm a self-starter entrepreneur who owns a vending machine business. I plan to own a real estate business and start flipping homes. If anyone has any advice, please feel free to share it with me.
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27 January 2025 | 48 replies
And someone jumping into this as a complete newbie can expect that they have a decent chance of making some expensive newbie mistakes.
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31 December 2024 | 14 replies
Facebook is the last place you want to find private money. whats unfortunate is real estate professionals are still advertising to us newbies Facebook is the place to find the lender.What’s even more unfortunate, @April Smalls, is that newbies are falling for it.A few years ago, someone created a fake website that impersonated our company.
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3 January 2025 | 5 replies
Good evening. This is my first post on the BP forums.
I have been listening to the BP podcasts and Brandon Turner's books. I have not finished a book yet, so this may be somewhat jumping the gun. Still... I've been ...
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2 January 2025 | 2 replies
Looking to network in Southern Maine to learn and share about long term rental properties.
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4 January 2025 | 26 replies
SECOND - In the same vein, newbies ask which programs they can use to manage their listing.
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20 January 2025 | 62 replies
I'm a newbie here!