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Hey BP Forum! When you purchase a buy and hold property do you believe in making only necessary repairs or do you go in and gut the place even if it doesn’t help your ROI? I’ve been going back and forth on thi...
Portland's rents have been rising over 10% year over year. There's a lot of political brew-ha-ha both locally and at the state level over tenant protections and increased housing costs, and local and state laws have ...
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Hi folks! I'm a new investor looking at buying a duplex or single family in NW Philadelphia. Right now I've been concentrating most of my energy on Germantown. Does anyone have experience investing in this area?I live...
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Hi... I currently hold 4 rental properties and am thinking about how I will go about expanding this little empire of mine. I have listened to a lot of Podcasts (BP & others) and read a lot of books, and there is t...
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I live in Portland OR and since the market has always been hot here, I decided to invest out of state.I started investing in RE in 2013 and when the market was down I bought 2 SF in Peoria AZ and they are being manage...
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Just curious but I was talking to few of my friends who invest in real estate but they are mostly investing in the city they reside or neighboring states. I have done couple of investments in the city I live in. What ...
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Is it possible to manage an out-of-state short term rental without a property manager? I don't want to spend a lot of $$ in property management. What are the challenges and how do I overcome those challenges? Any...
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So I've been slogging through a 3-month rehab and rent house for the past 6 weeks. Condensing a large project in half as a DIY beaver that likes to build his OWN dam is not recommended. I took on a frantic timeline ...
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Breaking my left hand in a bad accident has taken me out of the real estate game for longer than I hoped... I've recently started looking again and have quite some interest in this one particular property. Numbers:
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I have been participating as the capital partner is a major renovation (90% new) in historic Charleston. The area is likely to appreciate, and so even though I can make $25,000 if I flip it in a month, I am also in...