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Hi! I am fairly new to investing and see posts about ratings for a neighborhood like A, B, C etc. How do you determine what neighborhoods fall into which rating? Is this based on rent, price point, or something else? ...
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Hi BP,
My Name is Derek Pheiffer and I live in the Greater Philadelphia area (Center City –ish to be exact). I’m just getting started with the many resources BP offers (books/podcasts/forums) to familiarize myself w...
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Hey guys,
I'm still kind of a noob scouting areas for my first deal.
I've narrowed down the areas I'm searching in to 1 county and a few different cities within that county.
I know people look at schools in the ...
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Hey All,After hours of research, reading and using BP Forums to ask and read questions and answers, I (think) I have decided where I would like to focus in regards to purchasing my first Rental property.Before I would...
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I put an offer on a property and now shopping for a good source to finance the deal. Here are the details:
- REO Bank owned. purchase price 180k in Lowell Massachusetts. 2 family residential in a great neighborhood, ...
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I'm working with some out of state homeowners who are interested in selling a SFR in Pittsburgh. Here are the detailsPrice: $150,000 - Homes have sold anywhere from $120k-300k in the surrounding few blocks. Actual val...
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Hi, I'm wondering what those of you out there would do in my shoes. I'm toying with two different properties to buy, I'll call #1 and #2:
Background of #1:
-$210k 3/2 1,500 sq ft SFR on 6k lot
-In older B- neighborh...
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My wife and I are flying into KC the weekend of 2/17-18. Quick trip, but we wanted to scout out some good B-grade neighborhoods like Raytown, Independence, etc. - any suggestions for other B neighborhoods that offer ...
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https://insiderlouisville.com/economy/developer-pl...A microbrewery is moving in. Louisville keeps getting cooler and cooler. Side note: I just saw an interesting fact that stated property values go up $10,000 when a ...
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Out of state investor here - I'm thinking of trying to acquire rental property in the Indianapolis area.I've been looking at A and B multi-family homes. Any advice about neighborhoods to look at or avoid?