30 March 2015 | 3 replies
As a local investor, business owner (non-real estate related) and realtor, I have learned immense amounts of information from BP.
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29 March 2015 | 1 reply
Hey BP Investors,My names is Deon Watkins. I am a local Detroit real estate investor. I want to connect with other like investors. I want to meet cash buyers, wholesalers, and seller.
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21 April 2015 | 26 replies
For starters, we have some of the lowest non-owner-occupied rates in the region: Under 50%, as opposed to the regional average of about 65%, and with nearby Seattle bursting at the seams, tenant demand is strong and should stay that way.
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20 February 2016 | 12 replies
I would feel fine as the only one bringing in money on a flip that my non-money partner found, and giving that person 50%, but no way would I give up 50% of the cash flow to someone who manages a rental I'm on the hook for.
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30 March 2015 | 4 replies
February, 2015 housing starts are down 17% from January to 593,000 units annualized, which is essentially the same as February, 2014 which had 589,000 housing starts annualized.Unadjusted non-annual starts:February 2015 = 40,700February 2014 = 40,600February 2009 = 25,000February 2005 = 124,000February 2000 = 88,000The current level of housing starts is at 1980 levels, and about 50% of the starts from 1980 to 2006.The housing starts are 1/3 of the totals in 2005, ten years later, Where's the recovery?
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31 March 2015 | 4 replies
Anything older than that is about non existent.
6 April 2015 | 114 replies
My IRA is the sole member of the LLC, and I am its non-member manager.
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30 March 2015 | 1 reply
Hello. I am looking for insight on verbal contracts and how they may hold up in court. I am getting ready to purchase a home for an elderly lady. She is currently slowing her daughter an kids to live there and they pa...
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31 March 2015 | 8 replies
Depends on the note as Jay mentioned, non-judicial states will be quicker but federal laws require notice, demands, collection records, modification allowances, redemptions and 120 days before you can proceed.
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19 April 2016 | 60 replies
Does anyone know which ones are planning to open to non-accredited investors?