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Hey BP, I've been renting in Philadelphia for almost 1.5 years and looking to start my real estate investing career when my lease ends summer 2020. I just started looking at both SF and MF homes in the South Philadelp...
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I am currently in the Navy and I am a recruiter in Philadelphia. I want to buy property so bad but I don’t where to start. 1) If I buy a milt family home will the bank give me a loan if I stay there as well?2) Should ...
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HelloI am new to the forum and just wanted to introduce myself. I have spent the past couple months getting more and more excited about rental real estate investing (reading books, listening to podcasts, etc...) and I...
I bought my 1st home some time ago. My neighbor(shared wall twin) was an older woman who lived alone.She recently died about a week ago and I'm curious as to how to buy her home. I dont want it to sit vacant and becom...
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I am learning about section 8 renters. I know the government pays part of the rent and the renter has to qualify for it. So a guaranteed income from the government part. What about the tenant part? What do I need to k...
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What do you think would be some good qualifying questions to ask of a prospective real estate lawyer? For context, my business partner and I are just starting out in real estate investing in the Boston area, and we ar...
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Team, I am looking to beginning to self-manage my first rental, as I am actually moving not too far away from it with my second unit in about a month. What would be the best way to do this, and what challenges might I...
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Are you in the military and looking for a place to discuss VA benefits, landlording from a distance, or any of the other military-specific challenges real estate investing presents?We've created a forum just for you. ...
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Hello BP,I don't post often because I feel almost every question on here has been answered in some form or another somewhere else. I scanned on this one and couldn't find anything.OK, first time home buyer (noob for s...
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When I started my own investing journey toward my Time Freedom Point I did a lot of research and watched a lot of HGTV. I quickly found residential real estate investing to be my calling and flipping was not something...