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Hello everyone. I'll make this short and to the point....(maybe)Bought my 1st property back in Jan of this year. 2 Family Semi in Staten Island, NY. I would live in the main house and rent out the apartment was the go...
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Anyone watch Dirty Jobs with Mike Rowe? I know its a bit off topic, but I saw an interesting episode yesterday. Mike was working with an exterminator who had to remove bees from a house's walls. It was pretty amazi...
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Hi, everyone. Thanks in advance for any help you may be able to offer. I believe I have found a great property to purchase as my first investment. It is one continuous building on a residential-zoned lot; however, it ...
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Is there a sweet spot of bedrooms or baths that the average STR family needs. Also what size of beds? Is it worth it to get a queen vs. a double. What is the most marketable kind of layout when it comes to bed and ...
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Is a college degree really necessary for an agent? I’m in the middle of my senior year of high school and I do not want to go to college because I feel like it’s worthless for an entrepreneur. Any advice is much appr...
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What are the chances a complete real estate novice could put together a deal in the 1-2 million dollar range? Is it feasible to try to buy a complex of that size with essentially no experience? How would you finance ...
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Hi, I posted quite a bit a year back or so about my interesting situation. I lived in Japan for 20 years and was going to start building my USA based portfolio from Japan. I now actually live in Colorado full time and...
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I'm trying to automate and digitize more processes of managing long term and shortterm rentals.
Curious to learn what other landlords and STR listing owners are doing to automate day to day processes?
How much time...
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For those of who haven't read my other post, it is here-
http://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/12/topics/60255-how-does-it-work-when-the-seller-financines-a-portion-
To summarize what I talked about in that other post,...