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5 August 2024 | 4 replies
Hello, BP community!
Here's my situation, I was going to start a position as a project engineer this upcoming Monday with an annual salary of $72,000. With that income and currently no debt I was able to get pre-ap...
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10 August 2024 | 8 replies
If you put it out there asking for a 3-5 year lease with a small business or startup in your mind, but H&R Block or Supercuts comes along asking for a 10 year NNN (& it's corporate) and agrees to the rent amount you requested, there's no reason not to entertain that, you got better than what you were expecting (there's a reason NNN properties, or ones with a few NNN tenants sprinkled in that are national chains, often sell for lower cap rates), it's not like taxes or hair cuts are going obsolete any time soon.
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10 August 2024 | 12 replies
You can easily do this on a spreadsheet, and it will take less time to track than finding and learning new software.
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5 August 2024 | 7 replies
Using comp sets and other tools I do not even fully understand through LSI tools I can price properties super competitively against competition.3 - Obviously boots on the ground you can trust is a huge portion, and we have 24 hour guest communications.Best of luck, keep up what you are doing as you are doing more than most owners or PMs even.
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11 August 2024 | 10 replies
That said, in searching for my next property I am finding a hard time wanting to do another hard money loan.
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6 August 2024 | 38 replies
Ohio markets show up 3 times in Zillow’s 2024 hottest markets, with Columbus and Cincinnati taking the top 2 and 3 spots.
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4 August 2024 | 1 reply
We both also have full time jobs.
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5 August 2024 | 6 replies
Working 2 jobs and going to college has way too much time being taken up for just an okay paycheck and I don’t want to live that way.
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10 August 2024 | 8 replies
If you set aside funds for capex, taxes, insurance, or other expenses that don't occur monthly, transfer those funds to Savings each month and hold them there until it's time to spend them.