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Hello,My name is Michael Wang and this is my second post here in Bigger Pockets. This goanna be a long one and thank you for everyone reading this and really appreciated.Here is the background:I am from China and cur...
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My wife and I are about to close on our first rental property next week! We are already looking to buy our second one. Should we wait and get used to being landlords first or buy another one as long as it's a great de...
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Looking to hear strategies of people buying in mid-tier cities where rental rates are high, however real estate pricing is even higher, meaning the mortgage payments eat up a lot of the cash flow. I'm an Atlanta nati...
Looking to make the move to St. Louis among a few other places. Is the market at its prime? Has the market seen better better days? Are better days ahead? I’m looking for the opinions of people that have worked in thi...
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Hello all, I just wanted to share with you a piece I wrote about BTR trend in Sunbelt states...would love to hear your thoughts about it.The Sunbelt states of the United States are currently experiencing a housing con...
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Hi all. We came across a property that is a 7 unit apartment building and converted to Airbnb. When underwriting this type of property, do we underwrite it as a long term tenant at market rents for the lenders sake? H...
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Hi! I've been perusing BP/podcasts/blogs for a few weeks now and figured I should go ahead and introduce myself! I am a 31 year old systems (computer) engineer with a wife and two kids.
With regards to invest...
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Looking for hot markets where I can do a flip in the 700-1mil range. On the list is either bigger urban areas or smaller second home areas (just worried about the volume of buyers). On the list: Ojai, Ca., Ogden, UT...
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Hey all,I'm new to the REI world, and I'm looking for advice on what you would do if you were in my shoes. I am 21years old and hoping to one day rely on real estate income to allow financial freedom. I am currently i...
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I have corporate sales experience and my managing brokers license- with many transactions on both the buy/sell side. My friend and neighbor has experience with STR (Duplex @ ~98% occupancy) and LTR (SFR @ ~95% occupan...