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Hi BP community,
I was curious on others’ experience with the topic of escrow. Earlier this year, my monthly escrow payment on a $100k house increased $180 (27% increase), which cuts my cash flow a great deal. When I...
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Hi everyone,We are real estate investors who reside in NJ. We own a single family in PA and a multi-family in Albany, NY. We have family in Grand Rapids and we Lately started looking at Grand Rapids market since we h...
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Hello all. I am excited to announce that I closed on my first property. The means for which I accomplished it was not how I envisioned, but it is done. Firstly I’d like to state that this first property was done using...
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Does anyone have any earthly idea as to when the RE market should start to pick up for flippers? Or is it already showing a come up? I hate i missed the RE boom so I am patiently waiting for the next one :-) South Eas...
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Hi all, I'm thinking of purchasing a property in Orlando, it's in a poor neighborhood, but it's not bad and getting better. It's a 2/1 house, in good shape, 1000 sq feet, nice layout, nice yard. It currently has a goo...
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Many investors seem to be looking for rental properties in areas with low property values. This makes sense given that rental returns tend to be much higher. For example, I live in downtown Chicago and found that retu...
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Hi everyone!Any input on this would be greatly appreciated! I am considering buying a live-in flip with my parents and sister before the end of the year in the Phoenix area. The main thing I am nervous about is how th...
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Investment Info:
Single-family residence wholesale investment.
Purchase price: $46,000
Cash invested: $46,000
Sale price: $78,000
Purchased prior to Tax Auction, but I saw it on the foreclosure l...
Hello everyone. I need advice on rate locks. I have a suspicion that my lender is trying to get me to spend more money. I understand the purpose of rate locks but I don’t feel they’re always necessary. I’m due to clos...
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I found this article in Yahoo Finance, pretty much it predicts that commercial R.E. will also collapse. Do you think it will? If it does, it might be a great opportunity to buy some...cause I'm sure it'll be back up i...