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Hi everyone,I am new to real estate investing. I decided to purchase my first house for a flip a few months ago. I purchased the house, built in 1950, for $49,000 with funds from my newly formed Self directed IRA set ...
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Generally speaking I'm a realist that leans more on the positive of most situations. However for the last month I have been getting my butt kicked( tenant complaints, costly repairs, and next month will be my highest ...
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I have no idea how, but somehow my tenant moved her toilet half an inch. She either hit it somehow, or pushed it, or super hard plunged it, I'm not sure. But every time she flushed it, the water would rush/leak into t...
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Make Sure You Get This One Right
By Niels C. Jensen
There are those who sweat over every decision, worrying about how it will affect their lives and investments. Then there is the school of thought that we should f...
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I don't post a lot of Before & Afters here (I know people get bored of them), but this one is so nice that I wanted to give some credit where it's due...This was a three-way BiggerPockets partnership between @Todd...
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Scooped up this deal direct from the seller at a very nice wholesale price.
1408 Minnesota Dr. Oceanside, CA 92054
3/2 1100sqft - 2 car garage - under a half mile to the beach (west of the 5!)
ARV - $400-$420k (h...
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Hi BP,I am interested with buying properties on auction.com. Does anyone know how this process would work? Let's say that I successfully buy a house on auction.com, would I need to reach out to an agent to finish clos...
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First of all, I didn't start this thread to attack the professional tradesmen, but sometimes it gets to a point where even if you want to pay someone for a job, you end up DIYing the last 10% (or 25 or 50) of the work...
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Everywhere you look you see articles raving about ‘Micro Homes’. 10,000 Baby Boomers retire every day in the US. There is a growing appetite to spurn the ‘McMansion’ and embrace tiny homes.It’s big news when someone c...
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Hey all,I'm building a movie theatre in a new cabin rental in Pigeon Forge / Gatlinburg area. Wondering if I should go with a projector or a giant flat screen. I've seen smart projectors on the market but I'm wonderin...