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6 October 2024 | 1 reply
Hi Rocky,It sounds like you've already made great strides in your real estate investing journey, with some diverse projects under your belt.
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5 October 2024 | 3 replies
I’m diving into U.S. real estate and debating between two strategies: buying new single-family homes directly from contractors to build a portfolio, or going the BRRRR route.For both options, I’m looking at markets in the Sun Belt region.
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2 October 2024 | 9 replies
These investors have a project or 2 under their belts, and Hard Money let them leverage what money they did have, and expand their portfolios.
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11 October 2024 | 40 replies
The education in the platform is first-class and allows you to have many tools in your tool belt.
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5 October 2024 | 9 replies
Short-term rentals could offer strong returns, but consider how much management effort that might take, especially with multiple properties already under your belt.
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2 October 2024 | 4 replies
Hello BP fam:I am in the Providence RI market with one deal under my belt.
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2 October 2024 | 1 reply
However, with nearly 1 million units under construction nationwide, supply pressures persist, especially outside the Sun Belt.
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14 October 2024 | 420 replies
I am confident if I were to have started taking action sooner I would have had many more deals under my belt but I was a knucklehead and was swinging hammers on my fixer-upper instead of hiring a contractor.
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7 October 2024 | 39 replies
As I get more research under my belt, I will probably reach out with questions!
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3 October 2024 | 14 replies
I've been more on the origination side here so I can't speak too much personally as I try to get some investments under my belt, but from working with investors over the years it is a key part for them to pull additional liquidity for new projects they pursue as well as a great tool to keep their properties profitable over a long-term period.