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I see plenty of Airbnb listings in Jacksonville, but little information on short term rental regulations for the city. Are there regulations (hotel tax?) governing these short term rentals, or any special hoops to jum...
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I'm using list source to create a door knocking list instead of a mailing list. I need money now not 8 months from now. Don't get me wrong I'll be adding direct mail to my marketing budget after I get my first deal fo...
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Hi again, BP! We are launching our first STR in Florida. I have listened to BP for 3 years so I am armed with the minutia of optimization of a rental business itself! However, to my naive surprise, the absolute very b...
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Hello everyone. I was wondering how possible it is for an individual to do a title search on a property as good as a title company can. If not, what specifically allows a title company to have a more in depth search t...
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Hi all, I'm new to this forum and new to real estate in general.I'm wondering if some NJ locals could give me some advice on the market in Union City, specifically in the neighborhood of New York Ave and 18th St. I fo...
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Every week, several people start threads asking how to get started or which market they should choose. A year ago, I started asking the same questions and have a brief summary of what I think a new investor should do...
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I started investing 4 years ago doing BRRRR, right now I have a portfolio of 6 SFH worth around $1.1M with $600k in debt and around $1.5k monthly cash flow. I'm a foreign national so my cash outs are capped at 60-65% ...
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I visited Memphis last week ( 2/7 - 2/10 ) and was blessed to have wonderful weather to tour a wonderful city. My goal was to meet and greet as many of the people that have helped me assemble my portfolio of propertie...
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My fiance and I are under contract on an incredible double around Cleveland, Ohio (Lakewood). I'm an economist and have a business background and found what Serge said about competitive advantage to be very compelling...
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I was having a conversation with a family member in reference to doing direct mail campaigns to find wholesale or lease to own deals. I was very surprised to hear his reaction to my strategy.
His thought of an invest...