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Hi BP community!
After educating myself for some time, I’ve been making baby steps in developing my plan and strategy to purchase my 1st property.
I recently spoke with an investor friendly real estate agent and he ...
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Greetings Everyone,My name is Darin, and I am shaking my head these days. I have been studying, reading, scanning and contemplating this path for the past several years, and always said, I should try and turn several...
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My experience:
I've done a lot of mailings in the past to owners of vacant properties that I've found while driving neighborhoods and for out of town owners (compiled from county appraisal data). The mailing sizes w...
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Just got this bulletin From the DRE in CA. it is illegal to offer Less than fair market value of any property in the fire area that is less than what the value was as of Jan. 6 2025. Fines and imprisonment if vio...
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I love animals. Well; unless they are trying to hurt me - then I don't like them. But in general; I have had, and enjoyed having, pets. But now I do not have pets. I don't like the smell of them, I don't like cl...
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We FINALLY listed both of our houses for rent and received an insane amount of interest. I have responded to more than 40 e-mails. Due to the interest, we decided to hold an open house for each of the properties. T...
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I'm just about to close on my first rental property (house-hacking a duplex in a small town outside of San Diego, CA). The previous Landlord raised rents 3-5% every year on this property, so it is currently rented fo...
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Is your rental " pet friendly" ? if no why not?