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I live in New York City but everything is too expensive there. Would Arizona be a better starting spot?
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Personal property issues? Do I put it in storage? Do I give them chance to get it? I don’t really want to have a violent conflict after eviction took PLACE
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New at this, looking to purchase my first investment rental. Normally when purchasing a home to live in, I'd have a specific area in mind which would make finding an RE agent easy. But what do you all do when you're n...
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Hello, I'm trying to get a sense of how much people (mostly investors) have put to the side for renovations when they are doing their DD. I'm looking for my first property in Jersey City or NYC area, right now I have ...
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After years of being BP-curious, I've finally taken the plunge and joined the community. I spent the last 25+ years of my life in technical and executive recruiting, and now looking to taking some of those...
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Hi BP community. Last year, I bought two properties and they had losses. My CPA used the loss against my W2 income Is this a normal practice? Based on a BP episode I listened to recently, this is only OK when I (or my...
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Using the 50% rule as an example, on a house that rents for $850.So $425 goes to expenses/vacancy. Is it best to deposit this portion in a separate bank account? So for those that have multiple properties, are you usi...
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I am relatively new to the whole real estate business, I have read the Bigger Pockets Ultimate Guide as well as multiple articles of theirs. Absolutely love the information they put out. However I am having a small pr...
Hello,How are you all? I recently got into wanting to do real estate and consequently found out about BiggerPockets. I attended the free introductory webinar ("Real Estate Investments for Newbies") and while hyped an...
Hello everyone,I am considering building a SFR for the purpose of selling for profit. Rather than have to pay taxes on the proceeds, I would much rather roll that money into an apartment, utilizing a 1031 if I can.Is...