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Economic Update
(Monday, August 31, 2020)
The US economy got crushed in the second quarter, with the worst decline in real GDP for any quarter since the Great Depression. However, the good news for real estate...
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HI BP Community!Can you help demistify Cap Rates? What is a Cap Rate? What does it tell me about the property? Why is it so important? I've read how to calculate Cap Rates, but I just don't get it...yet.Thanks in adva...
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Hello all,-I started an investing group for physicians. We have 1350 members in just 3 months. The group would like to pool capital and invest in real estate.-Initially I planned to syndicate myself. I am starting to ...
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Hi,
I am very new to RE investment. Just found this forum several days ago and learn a lot already, to say the least. We have about $400K in cash. Originally plan to buy a bigger house for ourselves, and rent out our...
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What is the minimum rate of return I should be looking for to make a flip worth it?
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Good Morning everyone!I'm a huge fan of networking, BP, and comradery so I thought I might be able to help someone by posting my journey thus far. In my new member intro I went into my backstory and goals a little bit...
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The rate cut was no surprise. However, instead of cutting to a specific rate they have established a range of 0% to 0.25% for the Fed Funds rate. The Fed is running out of ammunition.
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/F...
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Hi there,I'm new to BP and am down-the-rabbit hole of their real estate investing podcast series. Thanks to everyone for the helpful posts I've read so far!My wife and I will hopefully be first time rental property ow...