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I am a novice investor in the Philadelphia market. I bought my primary residence at a great price in Dec 2015. It’s appreciated about $120-140k. I owe $256k, the property is wo...
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I have an 11-unit apartment building under contract and my portfolio lender just informed me the appraisal was not good enough to lend upon. She stopped the appraiser before he wrote the report to save costs, but fro...
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Regarding flooring, any opinions out there on whether buyers have a preference for hardwood or laminate? I was thinking of going with an engineered hardwood (more stable and cheaper than solid) over laminate so I can ...
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View reportI'm looking to pitch this to an investor who wants to flip this house in Nashville, TN. Below is my estimated scope of work and timeline. Any experienced flippers or investors opinion's would be greatly app...
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Hi BP Fam! I have a mls drip feed from a great realtor in the WA state area. I got a email yesterday for a 3-plex in Bellingham Washington. I'm going to list out the details below. I will NOT include identifying deta...
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First of all I have to say thank you to @Michael Q. for providing his tips to direct mailing and negotiating your way to wholesaling. His strategies allowed me to get calls and invitations to come out to buy their h...
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Being that there are many more wrong ways to accomplish a given task than there are right ways I thought a thread covering some of the "donts" might be useful for those just getting their feet wet in repairs and renov...
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Hi everyone, I wanted to get some feedback from all new or even experienced Foreclosure Auction investors. We all know the challenges and risks when attempting to buy an investment property at auction. So I've been w...
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I forgot to ask my Realtor about this. I'd be interested in other people's experiences anyway. I'm curious if anyone has any experience buying a triple net lease building with a franchise tenant in it. I'm looking at ...