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Sorry for the long post...I own a large duplex. Both are rented to long term section 8 tenants. One side is drama free and the other always has something going on. Not a high crime area but the police has been at thi...
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Business owners. Who bought an existing business vs starting their own and did it turn out to be a good idea? Also, did you use a business broker?
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Hey folks, I'm based on Salt Lake City (an active earthquake zone) and I'm hoping to get a bit of feedback on how homeowners and property investors in earthquake zones are managing the risk of earthquakes.
A few ques...
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Hello BP!I am a newer investor and am hoping to protect my assets. What would be the best type of business entity (or company) to start if I'm planning to have long-term rentals, fix and flips and other real estate tr...
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For some reason most hard money lenders require having an LLC or business entity. What do you guys think about that? Up till now I haven’t felt the need to form an LLC because I haven’t even bought one investment prop...
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Can people using their own names instead of an LLC to qualify for a hard money loan, or do you have to have an LLC to get hard money?I am still very new & learning many new things. One of the things I constantly ...
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So I started out well enough...life was good after I entered investing. I sold a couple properties, cashed out ready to move on up to the next. Don't know how my little world came crumbling down, but it did. I got hit...
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Hello BP Community,I am at New Jersey and kind of a beginner to RE investment world. So far I do have one SFR that's located at Michigan. I am exploring various asset protection options to protect my personal assets a...
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Hey there, my duplex is currently tenanted with a retired gentleman upstairs, and I'm working on getting the lower unit tenanted asap. For the first year I have handled the Grass Cutting and Snow Shovelling myself. ...
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For your LLC’s, Who do you use for your Register agents & Virtual Address’s? Any recommendations on companies that provide these services?
Bonus Question: Is there a certain amount of asset that you keep in multi...