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With a dawning of a new era in many respects, I'd be curious how other forum members intend to meet the challenges ahead with respect to property scouting.
In poll fashion, kindly answer the following questions:
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Good evening and hope everyone is doing well! I'm new to BP and wished I found it sooner. So much amazing stuff on this platform. My wife and I recently relocated from the east coast to Seattle about a month ago. We a...
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So...then rehab that I have in progress does not have a water pipe running into the house. I have to excavate the sidewalk in order to run a new pipe. Are any of you familiar with this process and the cost it entails?
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Hello Everyone,I am getting started in Pittsburgh and am still evaluating properties and getting my business plan together. While doing this I was hoping to introduce myself here and meet some folks in the Pittsburgh ...
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Hi BP Family. I've recently retired from my W2 so I'm switching from a part time investor to a full time investor. No, I didn't retire because I'm cash flowing enough. Wouldn't that be great:). I retired because I...
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Hello everyone!My name is Dan Huang and I am an Army Veteran turned tech entrepreneur turned Bigger Pockets podcast addict, who just made his first offer on a Near Eastside 1bd/1ba triplex in Indianapolis. Whoop whoop...
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I recently purchased a rental in an undesirable area. I have identified a property manager, but how should I go about securing the property while we rehab?
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Hey BiggerPockets,
I'm getting started in REI and will be interested to see what the San Diego scene holds. I have a background in advertising and web design, and plan to bring my marketing abilities into fin...
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Am I correct to understand that a bank or credit union will not negotiate their current set mortgage rates for a small time rental property purchaser? I do believe some banks may have slightly different rates. Do ba...
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I'm curious everyone's thoughts on using IRR to evaluate deals vs some of the other calcs that are seen more often.As (new) buy and hold investors in our early 40s, my husband and I are far less concerned with what ha...