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I am house hacking by living in a converted carport apartment in my house and STR the main house. It has been going very well. However, I am increasingly worrying that since most of my bookings come through AirBNB, my...
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Hello!
Just wanted to jump on here and introduce myself. I am Olga. I am a new member here.
I am a Realtor in Ohio specializing in investment sales. I also speak Russian. Just looking to connect with like minded p...
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Does everyone here use a realtor when purchasing investment properties? For the people that do not, what are your reasons? We will have an LLC (3-4 partners) planning to purchase our first property hopefully this sp...
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I would love to hear about your journeys and what, if anything, you would do differently!
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I am new here and looking for advice from some veterans. Previously I ran retail businesses and needed banks with branches where my stores were (in Northern Virginia). Unfortunately, the branch needs led me to deali...
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Hello BP community! So, I'll apologize now for the long post. Since I keep hearing the theme of the "Why" being important to success, I wanted to openly share where I'm coming from. I joined the site a few months back...
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Hi Everyone! I'm new to BiggerPockets.com and am learning so much. I need to brainstorm ideas with regarding my situation so let me know what your thoughts are! My goal is to leverage my money, I have saved in my ROTH...
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Hey everyone!The first step to buying a property is setting a criteria. What type of house am I trying to buy? How old should it be? How many rooms should it have? These types of questions can help someone set their c...
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Hello Chicago BPers! I'm a newer investor and got started all thru the power of the BP Forums about 1year ago. I'm currently looking to do my 2nd Multi-Family deal, this time in Chicago where I would "house hack" by p...
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tl;dr: The thermostat broke, I fixed it. Yay being a landlord!I rented out my SFR nearly two years ago; the same tenants have been there the whole time.The last time I went over for a regular maintenance visit, a cou...