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Hello everyone!!!It is great to become part of this community to learn and help others with what I have learned. My name is Erik Oquendo. I am a USAF retiree. I graduated from NYU's real estate program this May'16....
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Hello my name is Andrew. I am a motivated 24 year old Realtor who currently works full time for my family's Real Estate Firm in Dallas, PA. I am working for and learning from my grandfather who has been in the busines...
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I am looking to purchase a 4 unit apartment complex and living in one unit. I can get a VA loan with 0% down, which does not increase the interest rate. I am use to thinking that I should put a good down payment dow...
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Hi all, 4 months ago my husband and I bought our first home & rental home together in Lafayette, Louisiana. The home we stumbled upon is in a great area and was a 1br/1ba at 1670 sq ft. It was built for a widowed...
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Currently in the Marine Corps, 27 years old and plan on investing in the next 2-3 years (that’s the agreement my wife and I came to) starting with buying single or multifamily houses if the numbers work. Now a few que...
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Hi,
I am in the process of purchasing property in Atlanta and I am an out of country investor. I am purchasing a rental investment SFH. I have 3 questions:
1) How do I acquire a US tax ID as an individual ?
2) For...
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I realize that getting a mortgage as a brand new self employed person will be tough. I started my businesses this summer and I also just found a sweet deal in Oakland which is so hot right now.I have good credit and a...
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Hi all!!I think I know the answer is yes, but I want to get some input.If I profit $10k (or any amount) from rentals and invest all that into the next rental purchase to add to my portfolio, do I pay taxes on that $10...
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Hello,We have been long time readers of the BP site and have found a wealth of information. We have a single 12 unit property which has been in the family for a while. We have taken over the business for now what is...
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So I found what I think is a great deal. It’s about 2 hours from me in the town I went to college in but not where I live locally. According to the agent I called, she said it has 4 1-bedroom apartments. It’s in downt...