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Hey BP! I'm still quite new around here so I know I'm risking outing myself as someone who "doesn't get it yet" by asking this, but I've been consuming everything I can to try to educate myself - podcasts, books, for...
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I know its encouraged here to tell your friends and family your goals with real estate. Tell everyone what you want to do and are looking for. My problem is everytime I do, I constantly have to defend myself and the r...
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https://www.cnbc.com/2020/06/11/manhattans-empty-apartments-new-leases-plunge-62percent-in-may.html
“The supply of available rental units continues to accumulate,” UrbanDigs said in its report, which looked at all ...
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You always hear about rental properties as passive income. Well I totally disagree. Even with PM in place, there are still many active activities when it comes to direct property ownership. Yes, it does take several t...
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I want to personally thank the BP Community for being so helpful and very humble with all of the questions us newbies always have.
With the help of this great network my wife and I were able to start our OOS invest...
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Have been looking at a few properties but haven't been able to make the leap yet. Hard to part with money in the bank and get into another mortgage.
That said, our position is good. Plenty of cash - I have around...
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I was just thinking about the first deal I did a couple of years ago and how it came together.
It was an investor that had bought about 40 homes back in like 2010 and never paid taxes on any of them so it was...
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Landlords have a noble mission. We provide safe and clean housing to our tenants, keep homes maintained and reasonably respond to our tenants requests. We provide housing options so that the government doesn’t have to...