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Austin named the No. 1 housing market for growth and stability -
By John Egan
While the Austin housing market continues to shatter price records, a new study shows it’s the best U.S. market for growth and stabilit...
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A key component of my real estate strategy involved cost seg studies, claiming REPs and accelerated depreciation to shelter a large amount of active income. However, I've been speaking with a couple companies and gett...
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I am gearing up to take the 40 question state portion of the NC real estate exam & wanted to see if any licensees whom have recently taken the test can provide any insight as to the level of difficulty as well ...
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I am studying notes on the FCI Exchange and I am trying to figure out the "note rate". What does it mean? How do you value it? For example are we looking for a high NR or a low one?
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Is there a most effective way of studying the local and neighboring market besides driving around. I have been doing a lot of driving around but I thought there has to be other ways I can get more info on the market w...
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I’m reading the posts on this website discussing the 50% rule. We own few Class C Apartments Complexes, anywhere between 36 to 100 units. My management Company manages around 2,500 units. I have to say that based on o...
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Hi,
I live in California and have few properties in Texas, planning to invest in other states as well.
I would like to create an LLC for the properties. Creating one in CA is expensive ($800 franchise tax/year) and h...
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Which platforms/websites do landlords use to find the rent rate, how long the rental properties have been on the market, and all the details about other rental properties?I would like to do some research on other rent...
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Hi everyone, I am a beginning investor, studying hard each day and planning to purchase my first single family rental income property by the end of the year hopefully. I am currently studying books and videos to up my...
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Hello BiggerPockets community,I am currently working on a study for BiggerPockets and I am having some trouble getting up to date data for average insurance rates across the country. For example, what is the average p...