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Not sure how many of you all have seen in the news, but New York is going full-on-socialist with expanding "tenant protections" across the entire state.NYC has had rent control for a while, from my understanding. But ...
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Hi everyone,Been a long time observer but this is my first post so please excuse me for going back to basics I’m trying to figure out what’s the best strategy to start and if in your opinion you should buy your first ...
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I keep coming across posters asking for advice on how to “scale” their investment or business activities. What they’re missing is that they first need to ask “Is my business / investment process scalable? Here’s, th...
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In order to succeed..............someone or others must fail? Agree or disagree?This is a general question, which pertains to pretty much anything, including real estate. In real estate, there are many properties, but...
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I was asking myself this question the other day:If I was an average person investing in a random town in a random part of the United States, would I be better off investing in Real Estate, or the Stock Market?Turns ou...
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I purchased a property in Miami Dade a few years back. A year after owning it, a new tenant moved in and when she tried to turn the water service on, she was told there was a lien for unpaid water. The water company w...
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I hope this post will help inspire new investors to keep pushing everyday until they reach their goals. I owe a lot of my success to the BP community and I hope to give back as much as I have received!
Three years a...
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Well the uber doom-and-gloomers have been decidedly reticent of late. This changed recently in the blog arena. Changes in purchasing patterns of bonds later this year seem to have everyone in a tizzy now.
I renew...
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We have all seen and read opinions on what people just starting in real estate investing should do in terms of creating a LLC to own and operate each property. Most of what I have read speaks to the opinions for youn...
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So my problem is that I have enough money for a down payment for 1 more rental property.Once that is gone, I have no more money for any more down payments.I work a full time w2 job so i can't spend the time to flip a ...