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Hi Folks,Steve from the western part of Connecticut here, about to buy my first buy and hold/rent investment property. Just read Brandon's book - or rather listened to it on a trip to Florida. Currently between corp...
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Hello everyone! I wanted to reintroduce myself to the BiggerPockets community. I made a few posts back in 2014-2015 but have not been very active until now. Over the last couple of years, I quit my job, moved to a dif...
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Investment Info:
Single-family residence private money loan investment in Newport News.
Cash invested: $75,000
Contributors:
Marsay Winder
(05/10/2021) Private money deal #4 with a new Fl...
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It's not a home-run. Yes, leveraging would be a better return - but I'm 46, retired, no W-12 income. Gonna work with a broker to get future mortgages, but for varied reasons I needed to invest some cash. Metro Atl...
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I’m looking at a 160k quad that I would purchase with an FHA loan and have an estimated 3.3% interest rate. Owner financing is an option(slim option though). Would there be any reason for me to pursue that when the in...
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Hello!
Newbie here. I was wondering what to do or how to go about finding out about a vacant, unmaintained home? I have driven by it for at least a year now and it is clearly vacant, but never saw any for sal...
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Hi All!We have an inherited tenant in a fourplex we purchased 15 months ago who was served a 60-day notice to vacate after his lease expired. He was subletting against the terms of the lease and his sublettees reached...
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Happy New Year BP! We have two rentals locally and are looking into new markets since our local market is higher priced vs rents.My question is, can we write off (for taxes) the cost (or some of the cost) of travelin...
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Purchasing a townhome that I will be using the BRRR Method to generate revenue. Question, I have seen a few people I know personally who have used foam trip. I am just wondering if this is a good or bad decision for a...
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Hello,I recently purchased a multi family investment property in the surrounding Pittsburgh area of PA. The property is fully occupied with great tenants at the moment. I have property management in place so I wanted...