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I am new to real estate investing, and is considering house hacking a property for my first deal. I am using a conventional FHA loan to acquire the property. I am looking to create a value ad to the property. How do I...
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I will be soon finishing up two builds on STRentals, under my LLC, in the Smokey mountains I used a hard money loan for. The appraised value after the build will be about double what I will owe the hard money lender....
I am exploring the possibility of entering the turn-key, rehab and property management space here in Milwaukee. I am currently missing the broker piece, though have the others in place. Anything anyone with experience...
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BackgroundI have learned a lot from people on the BiggerPockets boards and I wanted to offer some of my experience in the hope that someone else could find some useful information. I started following the real estate ...
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The morning started off with investors from all over the US slowly meandering their way into the massive masonic Scottish Rites Temple sitting off the shores of beautiful Lake Merritt in downtown Oakland. The idea of ...
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I'm a remote investor living in the SF Bay Area and investing in Phoenix since 2010 (Dallas since 2005). I have a pretty solid system in Phoenix - self manage, long term tenants in SFRs, etc.
While I feel that I've ...
Fairly basic question, but want to understand a few of reasons. Are people just using them to purchase cash only properties? Or are you they using them because the bank won’t lend to them? What’s the typical LTV on a ...
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This is a long post – my apologies. Please don’t quote it when replying.
My wife and I started saving to buy our first investment property in MA in July, 2018. We started looking at properties one year later, in Jul...
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Gas is really expensive for this time of year and the dollar is getting cheaper. Will the average hit $5/gallon this summer? If so, what will it do to our economy?
Edit: Title should say GAS...not oil. Hopefully o...
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Hello BP family! I am a new investor and I have been offered the opportunity to attend Than Merrill's 3 day workshop in Kansas City on September 27th- 29th. I was wondering if anyone went to one of Than's workshops be...