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22 January 2025 | 8 replies
Diversification Beyond the Stock Market: Real estate provides tangible, real-world value that helps hedge against market volatility—a crucial feature when building a resilient retirement portfolio.
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5 February 2025 | 5 replies
Also consider networking with investors active in those areas who can provide insight on what’s working.
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8 January 2025 | 6 replies
Would’ve paid for my mortgage easily, and I’m gone anyways!
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16 January 2025 | 7 replies
Let’s say you own 1/2 of the $700k property as a TIC and can do a 1031 easily.
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31 January 2025 | 19 replies
While I do believe that some of the posters on BP are able to do a quality job self managing their portfolio of STR properties, they are spending a lot more time doing it than they’d like to admit.10 years ago in many markets STR provided outsized returns.
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4 February 2025 | 6 replies
Contact the utility provider and get a historical average based on the last year of use.
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5 January 2025 | 33 replies
New here to the forum and I am currently looking to invest in Ohio for the purpose of providing section 8 housing.
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30 January 2025 | 5 replies
The utility company doesn't manage your property...they provide paid services until they're not paid anymore.
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4 February 2025 | 4 replies
If they did not provide a forwarding address we send it to the unit address, hoping they filed a change of address form.
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26 January 2025 | 51 replies
Has anybody invested with them who can provide some valuable feedback?