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Hello Everyone, Happy New Year! I finally joined the Biggerpockets community! I've been following Brandon for a couple of years now, maybe more, so it's time. This year I want to get deeper into investing and buy more...
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Hi all. Is it best practice to shop lenders? Any tips/tricks or info around this would be super helpful.My situation:Credit score of 800-805 (depending on company). I want the lowest interest rate, and lowest down pay...
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We plan to start charging our tenants for stopped up sinks, clogged toilets, ect. What is the proper and legal way to go about doing this? Can we just send them a bill?
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While looking at a property this morning, I spotted a for-sale sign on a nearby house small local realtor. House was "open" so I looked inside. Old house needs everything.
Checked tax records and found owner lives ...
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I just bought my first STR and hopefully closing in February. The home is in a great location in Big Bear Lake, CA close to the Village and Ski Slopes.I have an array of emotions being scared of failung and excited al...
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Hello Bigger Pockets Community!I live in Las Vegas, and just purchased my next door neighbor's house. All our agreements were just verbal, and I had a Lawyer supposed to do the PA for me. I am the buyer, and most of t...
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Good evening! I have been a bigger pockets member for awhile, and my wife and I recently purchased our first investment property. It has 7 units and we are in the process of filling two of the units. I have a twofold ...
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My General Contractor that I am using on one of my rehabs has just sent me a change order for $5500 over our initial budget. In addition to that, he is telling me that I have to pay the tile guy, the electrician, and ...
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A lot of people give out bonuses around the holidays to people that wouldn't normally get tips/bonuses throughout the year. Of course, many send out the picture xmas postcard too, but that's a little different.. Wh...
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Hey BP,
Some back story;
I work for a new home construction company here in Lubbock, TX. I’m 24 years old and when I started was consistently encouraged to buy a home as quickly as possible for specific reasons. Fas...