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My husband and I are looking for our first home to buy. I was recently talking to my mother and she warned me that her best friend (who is a real estate agent in Lodi Ca) was telling her that she thinks there will be...
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Economic Update
(Monday, May 10, 2021)
Are you making love less? I thought so. Apparently you’re not alone. According to the National Center for Health Statistics, the number of babies born in the U.S. dropped by ...
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I would really like to get into short term rentals. I have two rentals that I have held since 2016 with same tenants in it and it has worked out pretty well. I would like to buy a beach or mountain house that I can ...
Searched and didn't find much information. I realize this is by no means the best way to estimate construction costs but I was curious what the avg construction cost is these days in Los Angeles. I'm not talking for...
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I am looking to purchase a multi-family rental property (duplex most likely) for a buy and hold position that will cash flow well. I want to keep it under $200K for a B or higher property, which of course limits my lo...
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Hello BP community! Newbie here, so go easy on me :) I live in Southern CA and own a home in which we have over 50% equity. At some point, me and my family would like to relocate to Hawaii ... most likely Oahu, for th...
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We are about to close on our first STR, and we are rehabbing it. When is the right time to do cash out refinancing so that we can move on to the next property? What equation can I use? Thank you.
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http://kutv.com/news/local/two-utah-cities-make-zi...With average home values about 1/3 of my home state of California, I know that Utah still has LOTS of room to go up. As the "Mountain West" economy grows and favo...
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I am the process of getting a property but I want to see what others think about buying right now. Here is my thinking on buying right now in San Diego, CA.
1. The Marco Economy debt to income ratio tells me that we ...
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So this post a purely hypothetical but what is everyone's thoughts about building a block or small neighborhood, not new construction, but somewhere like Baltimore where homes can be bought for as little as 5-10K? If...