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1 December 2015 | 7 replies
A great article to help understand CAP rate can be found here: http://www.biggerpockets.com/renewsblog/2015/09/18/guide-calculate-understand-use-cap-rate/ This is the key to understand and to be successful.There are so many opportunities in Real Estate I would encourage you to get involved.
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3 December 2015 | 9 replies
I'd encourage you to reach out to more experienced investors in your area!
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26 May 2016 | 14 replies
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1 December 2015 | 4 replies
First step is to vet them on BP, obviously :) Do they seem to primarily interact with real estate investors?
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2 December 2015 | 40 replies
On the other hand I would say over 70% of our clients do come and visit and want to see the physical home, the process form A-Z, we encourage it and I encourage investors on BP especially first time investors, put boots on the ground, visit the operator and be intrusive.
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5 December 2015 | 6 replies
utm_source=search&utm_medium=internal&utm_campaign=booksSimply, bone up on the areas that you need to expand knowledge in such as, Forums, Marketplace, Learn, Network, Analyze and Resources.Feast on the Podcasts, #askbp Podcasts, blogs and webinars Lastly, this site thrives on interactions and as such we encourage two way exchanges and look forward to educational and thought provoking ideas relevant to REI.
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2 December 2015 | 5 replies
utm_source=search&utm_medium=internal&utm_campaign=books (books recommended by BPers)Simply, bone up on the areas that you need to expand knowledge in such as, Forums, Marketplace, Learn, Network, Analyze and Resources.Feast on the Podcasts, #askbp Podcasts, blogs and webinars Lastly, this site thrives on interactions and as such we encourage two way exchanges and look forward to educational, thought provoking ideas relevant to REI.
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1 April 2016 | 13 replies
I'm going to keep posting more of my completed flips, so I encourage you to watch out for my future blog posts.
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3 December 2015 | 4 replies
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2 December 2015 | 2 replies
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