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3 February 2025 | 1 reply
Over the course of using Bigger Pockets I have had very degrees of opinions on who I should vote for concerning a post.When I first started using Bigger Pockets, I was too naïve to even think of voting for someone that took the time to answer one of my post.
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7 January 2025 | 2 replies
Outside of real estate, I enjoy Working out, training my German shepherd, and traveling with my family.
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6 January 2025 | 1 reply
I’ve been coaching new investors for a while, and I always enjoy hearing about what brings people to real estate.
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4 February 2025 | 2 replies
You may need to replace insulation, sheetrock, or even framing material.The only way I would touch it is to have a contractor give me an estimate for renovation, then lower the price far enough to handle that renovation.
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14 January 2025 | 39 replies
I am on tap to raise 1mm well within my first year...I would have never even tried to do that without this group!
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26 January 2025 | 3 replies
Many employers are seeing now as a great time to opportunistically buy or lease, usually downsizing, into new office spaces in the district during this period where there are still depressed prices, even on some Class A office spaces.The Resurgence of the Office Market in D.C.The resurgence of employers returning to the city with the pandemic fears now in the rearview mirror is apparent with Q4 of 2024 being the first quarter of positive leasing absorption for office space in the District over the last 10 quarters (Source) Another example is Boston Properties Group (NYSE: BXP), the largest publicly traded developer, owner, and manager of Class A Office space in the United States, is building a 320,000 square foot new trophy office in Downtown DC, with 5 floors already pre-leased to the global law firm McDermott Will & Emery as well as the Rockefeller Group developing a 422,000 square foot office building slated for delivery in 2026 at 600 Fifth St.NW, which is similarly 50% pre-leased (Source).
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7 February 2025 | 1 reply
On another project of single family builds we are garnering attention before we have even framed up the first home, so we are hoping to not even have to list them, even though I am an agent.
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7 February 2025 | 3 replies
I don't know about you but I am constantly on the hunt for consistency, consistency of income, of deals, of productivity, in my relationships...so that's my focus in all things not just real estate.So my vision to your question is a a state of total consistency of income and deals.I'm focused on the basics, which to drive me is even more specifically "making offers."
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3 February 2025 | 8 replies
ADU zone expansion is not certain, and even then who knows what the rules will be (owner-occupied requirement, etc).
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5 February 2025 | 6 replies
With average rents in Charlotte hovering around $1,800 to $2,000, that means an average agent fee of just $190—if the management company even pays the showing fee.I understand that this may vary by market, but in mine, I don’t see agents being incentivized to work with renters.