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I’m currently in the Army and looking to start out real estate investing near Fort Lewis-McChord in Washington. I’ve focused in on the Tacoma market and plan on using my VA loan to purchase a home for house-hacking wh...
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Hello All,Curious to hear everyone’s story about their first investment property! Was it a good deal? Did you cashflow right away? What did you learn?
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I am at the end of a divorce and had to sell everything. My home is on the market for sale right now and when it sell I expect to have $100,000+ free cash and I want to but some rental properties to get cash flow goin...
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I was wondering if any veterans of the Single-Family residence flipping business have stats for the % of flips ending up losing money and maybe also days per flip. Do you keep detailed stats about each flip?
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Anyone ever consider advertising rental discounts to First Responders, health care workers and/teachers?Like a $50 discount on monthly rent.
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Interesting piece of legislation that just passed regarding Section 8 and Manufactured Housing (via the Manufactured Housing Institute):http://www.manufacturedhousing.org/webdocs/Housing%20Opportunity%20Act%20press%20...
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STR arbitrage business owner here! Turnovers/Cleanings are the biggest pain point in my business. Consistent attention to detail is rare. I have found many cleaners that do an excellent job sometimes. But few that do ...
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I own 2 properties in the Round Rock area but I have recently moved to South Austin and was looking into getting in the San Marcos market. Any recommendations on areas to avoid/areas to focus on would be greatly appr...
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My goal is to build up to 50 properties. Where have you had the most success? I am open to any location. What is your best advice?
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The mortgage on my personal residence was just sold by GMAC to Ocwen. I'm pretty nervous because there's tons of horror stories on the web about Ocwen (saying the payment wasn't sent in when it was, and many other mis...