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Hello Everyone, I am in the Cleveland Ohio area. I am interested in starting with an investment property, but am seeking a professional in this area to personally review, analyze, discuss and advise me prior to my pur...
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Hi BP Carebears!I'm looking at purchasing my first multi-fam rental property to create cashflow. The area is the Jersey City, which has pretty low prices considering its proximity to NYC and values will be climbing si...
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Hello BP:
I am in the process of trying to streamline my book keeping process from my real estate investments. Thankfully my real estate investments have prospered over the past few years. I currently have 25 units a...
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I have always done my own taxes using the forms off of the IRS website. I was considering moving to tax software this year. I would love to hear recommendations for the different programs that are available. I a...
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I'm researching to build a plan to buy my first STR. What are the pros and cons of: 1) Buying a property nearly ready to rent and compete in its market. I.e., there are likely relatively few improvements to be made...
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Hello BP community! For the past 9 months I have been saving up money to buy my first property. I would like to "house hack" most likely single family home renting out the bedrooms. I would like to find a property tha...
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Joined up a few months ago but never introduced myself. I've always wanted to purchase long-term rental units, but have yet to take any action on that. I'm currently exposed to the RE industry through my business, whe...
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Investment Info:
Single-family residence fix & flip investment.
Purchase price: $79,000
Cash invested: $69,221
Sale price: $178,000
This was our first flip project. We had a mentor guide us t...
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Hi all, this is a hypothetical question I have for you investors/landlords. Obviously, people have work order requests come up, and most of the time, its pretty reasonable requests that do require external assistance;...
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I'm 23 and my wife is 21 and we'd like to buy a multi-family unit in Chicago with an FHA loan because of the low down payment. 1. How feasible is it to live in one unit and rent out another?2. She's a teacher. Are the...