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Hey BP World!Like the title says, which is better, a VA or real assistant you see semi-regularly. Here's the backstory...I recently got serious into REI. Started my education 9 months ago when I realized renting out m...
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Hello to all my fellow BP members and followers! I want to reach out and open a discussion regarding the current market trends of REI in Austin, TX. For those veterans of Central Texas real estate, my question centers...
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I have a corporate job with health benefits and and decent pay into 6 figures. I have been building a rental portfolio of mostly single family homes which is now debt free. I am just wondering when did others cut th...
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I am in the last stage of a whole life insurance policy application. I have a few questions before I proceed with finishing the app:
1. Has the borrow rate historically been lower than the dividend rate? Like before ...
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I am going to start a company (corp or llc) taking to my CPA which is best. What ideas do y’all have? Can’t be one already registered with state of Tennessee. Currently mostly flipping houses, and starting new builds....
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I'm sitting on two parcels of land...16 acres residential and 11 acres commercial with 8 acres in between that my 20 unit apartments sit on. We're in the middle of a remodel on the apartments which is where our attent...
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FINALLY!! For those of you that remember me, it's been quite some time ago that I posted on Investor Deal Diaries on the projects we had going in Orange County, CA (San Clemente, and Capo Beach - Dana Point) For those...
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I am a real estate investor and have two duplexes that I'm about to buy and flip. I was talking to my sister-in-law (SIL) who is an interior designer the other day. She and I came up with the idea of using her CAD ...
Here is an article by Don Layton: Senior Industry Fellow at Joint Center for Housing Studies of Harvard University: "The extraordinary and unexpected pandemic increase in house prices: causes and implications" Click h...
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It's been a hell of a ride during the past 2 years. I started my real estate investor back in June 2012. Bought 12 Class B townhouses and started learning being a landlord, 3 months later bought 37 class D apartments....