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Hi, first post here.
I live in Bellingham MA and Woonsocket RI is right next door. It's known as a not so great area. Lot of drugs and low income housing. A lot of vacant commercial spaces.
But I keep seeing 2-3 fa...
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This occupied my mind all day yesterday:
Probably every major city has some kind of free weekly magazines, full of ads, masked as a TV program, and targeted at the African American community, often lower income range....
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Very interesting article. Hopefully a lesson to all the landlords here ...
Criminal Charges Sought Against Landlord for Lack of Smoke Alarms
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Asking for some numbers analysis.
Landlord work is work and risk but I had experience. I'm hoping housing markets will pick up again in Austin/TX area.
1. SELL: ~720K (loss ~30K), 2.5% mortgage rate 27 yrs left. To...
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Hello, My partner and I are looking very closely at purchasing a house in a pretty nice neighborhood, at great price. We want to use the property as a rental and refinance out of our Private money loan. The only issu...
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Hey there,
I’m a new investor currently collecting info on various properties in the local area and wanted to get y’alls thoughts...
If one is just starting out investing with the following goals:
-$5k/month cash ...
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Hello to everyone in the BP community! My name is Alex and I am a complete newbie to this game of real estate investing. I'm talking about as GREEN as they come, but i am hoping to change that. I am ready to break...
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I'm looking to sign a contract on a property next week. This will be my first rental property solely for rental purposes. I have one rental which was a primary residence, and we became landlords when we needed to move...
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Just wondering if anyone else keeps home warranties on their rental properties in order to keep repair cost to a minimum. Between appliances going out, minor plumbing issues, etc; paying a monthly premium and a $75 de...
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Investors have chosen multifamily as a best-bet asset class.
HANDS-ON VALUE CREATION
Another winning quality is multifamily’s relatively low barrier to entry. Many apartment investors get their start in real estate ...