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Hi everyone,A few weeks ago I was thinking about all of the technologies and services that we use to run our investment/property management operation and decided a visual was in order to map it all out. I'm an IT guy ...
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Hi, I'm 27 and just getting in to real estate as a method of obtaining financial freedom. I live in a small town in northern Michigan, and am not sure if I should invest locally or in a more populated area. Either way...
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Short term rentals have been around a long time. Back in the day (longer than I care to admit) everyone looked in the Classified ads for weekly house rentals in Florida to plan their vacation. In 1992 Home Exchange ...
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I am about to list my first rental property and am trying to decide how to screen potential tenants. Before taking any phone calls, showing the property or going through the application process, I want to vet potenti...
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I've owned my primary home in Charlotte, NC, for seven years using an FHA loan this June. I want to use the new 5% conventional on a four-plex unit-to-house hack (MTR strategy) in Cincinnati, OH. Can I utilize this st...
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Do any of you offer services like Netflix or Hulu, with no cable TV? Today, we discussed dropping the cable service at our STR's, but I wonder if that would be a negative. I know guests typically don't visit the are...
Hey guys,I just released a new article on the BiggerPockets Forum which you can find right here: These 15 Tech Tools Will Supercharge Your Vacation Rental BusinessI as wondering if those of you who run Airbnb/vacatio...
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Hello,
I am a new investor and I am looking to use a hard money loan to purchase my first rehab property. I am looking to do an out-of-state deal but my head is all over the place right now. When I was trying to do...
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The global real estate market is expected to grow from $2,687.5 billion in 2020 to $2,774.5 billion in 2021 at a compound annual growth rate of 3%. The transfer of wealth that occurs throughout real estate...
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Hey, so I’m still in high school and I’m trying to figure out if I should go to college or go directly into Real Estate. I’ve heard the the college degree is losing its value and I would have college debt to start.