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Hello, BiggerPockets community!I'm Kirby Elliott, a twenty-something accountant at Bank of New York Mellon in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. I would like to someday provide an income from a portfolio of buy-and-hold multif...
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Hello Everyone,When looking at pictures of a home, how do you go about estimating what the cost of the rehab would amount to? Do you ask for more in-depth pictures of the property and then go to the contractor and ask...
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Hello Eveyrone,My parents have a home in Seaside, CA which we are trying to convert to a Airbnb STR unit, however I see under Seasides STR regulations that any newly formed STR's are prohibited post April 2018.I did f...
Now that you have an asset, let's talk about asset protection. Below are a few strategies I've ranked from worst to best, which offer varying levels of protection. Worst:
- No coverage, held in your name.
Bad:
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Hi everyone, first post.
I have been wanting to invest in real estate for 30 years. This week in my rat race commute I started listening to audio books about investing. I oddly enough started with Rich Dad, Poor Dad...
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I am screening my first applications for my first rental property.
I have a young married couple who is looking to get their first apartment together to move out of their parents house. They are in their very early ...
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Hi- I have a 3 flat that is not within the ADU zone. With the city contemplating expanding the ADU ability to city wide, is there any benefit to doing a rezoning now (assuming successful) before the citywide expansion...
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Sorry if this offends anyone. Also thanks for everyone who has responded to my other questions. This message board is awesome! True learning takes place here at BP forums with real people in real situations.
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Hi everyone. We just purchased a value add 6-unit in North Hollywood (CA). It is a rent control property. Currently the rents are way below the market rent and the existing tenants don't want to leave at all. We have ...
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I am trying to understand the rules of JADU a bit better. It says somewhere that JADU has to be within the structure of an existing house. Does it mean that I cannot build a JADU connected to me house that is outside ...