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First of all, I am a new real estate investor. My general strategy is buy-and-hold. I live in crazy California, so my real estate world is pretty bizarre.But, I think that a first time investor should think about star...
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Hey Bigger Pockets Community,I'm hoping this reaches the person/people who need to hear it...I started my investment journey 1 year ago (14 months to be exact). Reading all the books and watching the Bigger Pockets vi...
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We have a SFH with a pool that we have started to market for rent. We have it listed to include lawn and pool service but we keep getting low offers where the potential tenant would like to take care of the lawn and p...
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I don't yet have the money/skill to pull this deal off. Still, I'm trying to observe what the market is doing. So through various web searches, I found a property that is going to be sold at foreclosure auction on T...
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HI Friends! Was hoping someone with experience could help. I just bought two duplexes in Cleveland and will have work done to them, there will be many expenses I have for 2018 as I just started an LLC and besides reha...
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Hi BP Community, I found what I thought was a great deal because it seems to be a "1.5%" deal in the Houston Heights area (highly desirable), but after further calculations it's not making much sense. I believe I'm ...
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I just looked at an auction property with about a 100k ARV. Someone removed the water meter and there is no shutoff on the supply pipe--when I walked in, there was water gushing out and 4 inches of water in the whole ...
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Note Investing Sourcing StrategyMy Note Sourcing Strategy that I’ve refined over the years is a simple one. Implementing it over the course of time through a set of daily rituals is the challenging part.My strategy i...
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We are under contract for our first deal. We got this from our loan officer;...we are still in the process of finding an appraiser to do the appraisal. We found one but they did not have good reviews and the turnaroun...
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Hello BP Community,I need some advice for my second investment property. I have been owning a property now for five years, and it is my primary residence. I am interested in another property that is for $450k in a g...