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Good morning, I am looking for my first investment property and wanted to get some advice. I pulled a HELOC (interest only) and unfortunately the money is sitting. I'm looking at homes in the Philly area up to 150k i...
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My daughter is 11 and I routinely have her with me while I'm stopping by my rental. Problem is I'm running out of ideas on jobs I can say she's hired to do. Looking for ideas and thoughts from anyone who's done it. ...
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There is a lot of hype around Vacation Rentals. It's true that they can generate higher cash flows compared to long term rentals, but there are many factors that I think people overlook when they haven't done a vacati...
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I purchased my Los Angeles (Compton) 4-bedroom home in 2013 for 240K; according to Redfin, it is now worth 686K. 2 years ago the entire house was completely renovated (Insurance claim) due to a burst pipe that caused ...
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I don't want to debate if the 50% rule in this thread. I want to talk about the assumptions and categories to see how a landlord can be a lowest cost producer/efficient entrepreneurs.
I know it varies from state t...
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There's a lot of REAL Estate educational platforms out there promising to show you how to invest in real estate or flip houses, so why is it out of the hundreds of people that sign up for these seminars, these educati...
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Has anyone heard of http://www.dpwproperty.com?
I did a search on this forum, but it didn't come up with anything.
I am looking to purchase 4 plexes through this company.
Any feedback would be appreciated.
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Brand new to BP, just getting started with RE investment and am looking to invest in multifamily, duplex/triplex eventually once I have solid understanding of it. In the meantime, I would like to have some passive inv...
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Hi everyone,Anyone have experience with buying a duplex as your primary residence but not actually living there and renting it out? Contrary to living in one side and renting out the other? Legality of it, tax implica...