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Hi All,I am a first time real estate investor approved to buy a property that is about $1MM. I am from West Los Angeles, CA, which is a market where cash flow is hard to come by. I have decided I may need to invest ou...
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Good evening, everyone. Last year, I purchased a house for myself with 3 additional rooms to rent. So far, this has been going very well. I have two vacancies coming up soon that have me a little worried, but thi...
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As investors we seem to have "formulas" or rules of thumb to help us through our decisions. 1% rule, 70% ARV, etc...Anything that helps you quickly decide when a short term rental is better than a long term rental?I ...
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I feel ready to purchase my first rental but need to pick an area to invest in! My husband and I lived in Houston for 7 yrs and know the area relatively well and still have friends there. We moved to Boston this past ...
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Hey now! Hope everyone's doing great! I wanted to throw my hat into the ring here and say hello to all the Real-Estate people in this house.
I guess I am a "low-intermediate" Real-Estate investor in that I a...
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Hey all,I'm a newbie Wholesaler and am really struggling with finding deals and more importantly when I do find what could be a deal finding reliable comp data for ARV. I'm not getting very much cooperation from realt...
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Hi All, I am a new STR owner in the Phoenix/Tempe/Mesa area. I have set up my listing on both Airbnb and VRBO but I haven't received any traffic on Airbnb and on VRBO I received some inquiries and booking...
I've been practicing analyzing deals found on Loopnet, and curious why certain properties are listed for months and some close to a year. Especially when the numbers APPEAR to work? The areas of interest are very popu...
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BP! Hope all is well! I’m looking to invest out of state in Phoenix Area or Las Vegas. I’m currently in Cali. I want to see why you would prefer one state to the other. Vegas is a lot closer to me however I feel Phoen...
Hello all,In your experience have you found Zillow or any other site's online estimate of a property to be fairly accurate once you had a formal appraisal completed?If not, how far off was it? I know they can't accoun...