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Hello all, I am new to real estate investing but invest professionally in the stock market. I am based in NY and realize that finding opportunities here for any potential for positive cap rates are practically non exi...
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Hello - I have 11 properties in my own name and a $2m umbrella insurance policy. I’m looking to eventually get to 20-30 units and want to be prepared. Annoyingly, in the state of California, you have to pay $800/year ...
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Hi all,
In my quest to streamline efficiencies for rehabs I defaulted to my normal way of managing projects- namely using Microsoft Project or Excel. In thinking of all of the dependencies that go into a reh...
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Hi Investors!
What effective ways do you use to collect rent? Has any of you used PayPal? I collected the earnest money from one my of tenant via PayPal and I found it really convenient. The money transfer from the ...
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Where do you think would be a better place to buy and hold property as an out of state investor. St. Louis, Kansas City, Dallas or Memphis?
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I think most of BP would disagree with Ramsey's advice about real estate and debt, but there is one bullet here that states "Real estate should only be about 5% of your portfolio." I understand (but don't agree with) ...
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Hi BP!My wife and I purchased an 18 unit multifamily in December. The building is full of mostly great people, but there was one fellow that always smelled like pot. We talked to him about it but the odors continued...
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Hello bigger pocketers!
I know, I know, don’t believe anything you see on TV is what they say.
But I was curious to know from people who are in the flipping business already how much of what is shown on HGTV is re...
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Hello All,
Strongly considering joining Palak Shah (BP Podcast 368) - Open Spaces Capital Cohort. This program goes into systems put in place for the BRRRR strategy to super charge you're real estate business . Reach...
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Hello BP,My wife and I bought a duplex in Augusta in March 2017. One of the tenants was inherited. He was paying $600/ month at the time. As we took over, we increased his rent to $635 (market at the time was $750. We...