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Alright so full disclosure first - I have always been very apprehensive to follow anybody who promotes a "get rich easy" style of real estate investing, specifically those that say beginners should be doing subject-to...
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With the stress of the holidays looming, I thought it could be fun to share the lighter side of real estate. What are some of the funniest experiences you've had as an investor? How did you handle it? What would you d...
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Hi All,I have a future tenant that signed a lease and has given a security deposit already. I just received a call though from one of their references telling me to not let them move in and that they were in his pres...
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First of all, I really do appreciate all the helpful guides and discussions on here to help educate a new REI such as myself.We can all invision the statement "It is better to purchase 5 properties at 20% down, and fi...
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My girlfriend and I are trying to buy a 4 family home in Rhode Island. We want to live in a unit and rent the other three units (House hacking). My girlfriend seems to not understand why we need to house hack opposed ...
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Many have argued/claimed here on BP that cash flow on residential properties is of vital importance and investors can not put food on the table with appreciation. I disagree. Once you have built a business with many r...
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A while back, my wife and I decided to rehab one of our long-term rentals in central Austin and convert it to a short-term vacation rental. After months and months of work, our first vacation rental property is now up...
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First time landlord here. We just started advertising our rental 3 weeks ago. $1675/month for a 3 bedroom in Garfield NJ. We've gotten a lot of interest, 30 different groups of visitors, of those 8 applicants...We wan...
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So I have a pretty great deal. It's in a very desirable town and neighborhood. It's a 3 Br 2 ba and the lowest comp in the area is $335K and everything is averaging about 350ish. It needs new plu...