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Hello All, I'm a new investor and I recently acquired a property that has a commercial 1st floor and several apartments in it as well. The apartments were all in need of rehab and are vacant. The commercial space is o...
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Bigger Pockets Community,I currently own a duplex in West Oakland where I have a shed/cottage in the rear of my lot. I went down to the city to talk to them about making the shed a habitable space (upgrading foundatio...
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Property Management – Hire It Out or Do It Yourself?
One of the first questions every aspiring buy and hold investor will need to answer for themselves is, “do I hire a property manager, or should I manage myself?" A...
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Hey everyone. Totally new here but I wanted to run a couple deals by everyone to see if you could see any major roadblocks or potholes in the plan.
First offer - 1902 victorian 3 bed, 1 bath house in a n...
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I just closed last week on a duplex in Victoria, TX that came with 3 lots attached. These lots are identical to the one the duplex sits on and is located off of a highway. The oil field rush in Victoria is taking over...
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Mailed 10.000 postcards over the last two months to absentee owners who have been in title for at least 15 years. My response rate was .25 of 1%. Pretty lousy if you ask me. Any suggestions as to how to improve on this.
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My wife and I started our real estate journey last year and have 2 properties working on 2-3 more. We started an LLC in order to leverage the tax benefits of the business and possibly offset some tax liability. This i...
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Hi All!I'm new to buy and hold investing. I'm using a excel spreadsheet that has a conservative 10% vacancy reserve and 10% maintenance reserve every month. I've spoken with turnkey companies that say they use a much ...
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I was thinking about how this pandemic will shape not only real estate but business as a whole once the world gets back to “normal”. Just looking at the amount of businesses forced to close by the government has led t...
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Looking to create a website. Will use it to collect seller lead info and post homes for sale and rent. Would like to see what your using. Please post website below.
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Eric