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30 January 2025 | 56 replies
I'd buy where you live (within an hour or so) for your 1st investment!
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23 January 2025 | 1 reply
For the son to qualify for the $250k exclusion, I believe he would most likely need to meet the ownership and use test, meaning he needs to own and live in the home as his primary residence for at least two of the last five years before the sale.
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29 January 2025 | 6 replies
If you are willing to live in urban areas you may want to talk to a local bank in your market and see if they have any incentives or grant loans for certain areas.
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28 January 2025 | 3 replies
I am new in BP, and I am looking to understand where I start with learning about REI.I currently live in New York which it's not a good place to start investing.i know the difference between STR,MTR,LTR....
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31 December 2024 | 49 replies
I’ve been renovating my live in flip and didn’t put enough effort when I first listed the property.
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22 January 2025 | 9 replies
I used to live in the city and the taxes and water bills are nightmares.
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28 January 2025 | 7 replies
I am an out of state Investor and I know a lot of you live and invest in St.
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2 February 2025 | 2 replies
Good to know as I have a property coming on the market and we had one off market offer already all cash but at 10% list price discount (which we most likely will reject).Curious if you think the california fires will assist the market since many of those people need places to live for years and I am guessing some will flee california?
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9 February 2025 | 3 replies
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2 February 2025 | 10 replies
I work in group home settings for a living and at my previous facility there were two clients per bedroom which would give you potentially 8 in your house while at my current job there is one client per bedroom which would only be 4 clients in your home.