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I am contractor new to real estate investing and have looked into funding flips using hard money, but I have contacts who have expressed interest in investing privately as well. I'm trying to figure out my best option...
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I'm working on purchasing my first commercial building here in CO Springs (80909 specifically). I have a residential portfolio but this will be my first commercial buy & hold. The building is partially occupied by...
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I'm torn on a few decisions regarding the scope of a flip property I closed on last week in NJ (this is only my second flip, but I've rehabbed 8 rentals so far using the BRRR strategy). The property is a cute, histor...
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Hi everyone, i've been to a few multifamily meetup groups this month and I wanted to get everyones opinions. The consensus in a lot of the groups (at least in Columbus) is a super high competition for multifamily prop...
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So I've been mulling over a couple of things:
1. Earthquake insurance
My initial thoughts are is that it's an unnecessary (perhaps) and expensive (definitely) item. Should an earthquake hit that is big enough to l...
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Hi all! I'm Val, a current student at The Wharton School in Pennsylvania. I'm deeply interested in the field of RE and have mostly been reading up on my own, looking through BP resources and learning about the REI spa...
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Simple steps on getting your first Deal! Don't overthink it, just do it!
Boils down to these simple steps:
1. Buy a list of records2. Skip Trace the list3. Call the list OR Text Blast
In Detail:
1) - Buy a data li...
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Good Afternoon BP Community,First and foremost, thank you so much for being such an invaluable resource! The people and content here are amazing.I would like to share with everyone a milestone reached yesterday: Closi...
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There seems to be a lot of information about what kind of property is better for investing, what methods should be used, what the numbers should be, and the such but I'm having a hard time finding information about wh...
My husband and I just bought a bungalow and will rent the basement while we live on the main floor. The basement entrance/staircase is in the middle of the house. At the bottom of the stairs, there is a hallway with t...