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Hi BP Members,
I have quietly milled through hundreds of articles in the past 6 months in order to better educate myself on the exciting world of REI.
Two weeks ago today, I came to an agreement with a ...
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FRAUDSTER ALERT... watch out for Justin Nguyen in Florida, stealing lenders $ for his own gambling addiction. BE CAREFUL LENDERS & BROKERS Everyone wants to be an EMD lender or Transactional Lender…but here is a ...
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We want to rent out a basement apartment in our primary home on AirBnb (or long term rental with standard lease). Would love sage advice on what/how to do this right.
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650k equity in home, stock/bond investm...
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I currently have a cabin in Gatlinburg that is cash flowing well. The market there is inflated right now so I'm looking to purchase my next STR property in Florida (possibly Emerald Coast) doing the second home loan ...
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Would you open our envelope (picture in comments) and read our letter? How can we make it stronger? What type of follow up would you send? How soon after the original letters?We've read a lot about "yellow letters" an...
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My daughter will be graduating from high school this year and wants to be like her mom and dad, real estate investors, she asked us for advise if she should go to college if so what classes should she sign up for or i...
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I cant find a STR insurance policy that inst 5000-1000 in Florida (Quote from Proper Insurance), this kills a lot of profit. Who do you use and how much is normal for a Florida insurance policy either as a business t...
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Does anyone have any experience with investing in townhome developments in the inner loop area, specifically in the Heights/Midtown/EaDo Areas? I have a lot of friends from college that rave about them, and I've been ...
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This property was a foreclosure (obviously) advertised on the MLS for 122K. There was no address but the zip code said 33133, which is a very expensive area.The listing had no pictures and said it was a 1/1.I called t...
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I thought it would be very helpful to start a thread where we track approved short sales and some chosen details. That way, as investors, we can better track the progress from the lender to lemnder or servicer to ser...