Build your knowledge with books, podcasts, and online resources, and network through local REIA meetings and virtual platforms.

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A national buyer would review the BPO and maybe do some brief online research, but would not typically not know, as in your example, about the sewage issues or extent of interior rehab needed.

I'm looking to do a cash out refi on a duplex I have, but I cannot find any reviews online or much of an online presence for them.

Once you invest in a fund, you've relinquished the single most important control valve you have: determining what investments your hard-earned capital goes towards acquiring.

Begin by educating yourself through books like The House Hacking Strategy and podcasts like BiggerPockets, and join online communities for support.

Call me fiercely independent but I don’t want other people arbitrarily telling me what I can and can’t do with my hard earned property.

You can pretty much learn everything you need to know about S8 within 2-4 hours online!

if you buy a random property in a neighborhood you've never been to and turn it over to people you don't know you'll just lose money.not trying to be negative, trying to protect you and your hard earned cash.

Check out other online guides available here: https://www.biggerpockets.com/guides3.