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Hi, Bigger Pockets! My name is Chris Platis, and I'm thrilled to be here. I will be a first-time investor, from Brooklyn, NY, and am primarily focused on small multifamilies throughout Upstate, NY for buy and hold and...
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Hello, I have been investing in Orange County single family homes for a while. In the midwest I can buy a house for $100,000 and immediately have a great positive cash flow. In orange county it's almost impossible to ...
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Hey all. I'm looking for a place to live in a new location, and am considering purchasing a duplex I've found that's FSBO. I originally looked for a property to buy for several months, then resolved to renting, but fo...
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I am new to the Bigger Pockets community and what a wonderful resource it is! It's awesome to find a community and resource like this when you are just getting started as I am. My husband and I are in our 20's and we ...
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VRBO's are they a good way to maximize a properties returns? I have 2 very nice properties under contract. One has a main home, 3k sq ft with a 1 bedroom cottage, a 2 bedroom cottage & an efficiency apt. The other...
My husband & I bought a 4-BR home for $75K cash in 1988, and over the next 15 years put $50K+ into improvements, including construction of a detached home office. We took the home office deduction for several year...
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Hello all,I currently own a house ($195k on the loan) that's located in the Bay Area (Martinez, CA). My wife and I have 3 small children and are looking to uproot and leave the state. The house we own was my grandpare...
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Hello everyone and I hope your having a productive day!I have contacted a seller that has 25 acres for sale with 4 mobile homes in Eastern North Carolina. The land was previously zoned for a mobile home park and I hav...
I have saved up $20k for a 10% deposit on a STR for my husband and I. The idea is to have some place we can spend several - six weekends out of the year there and STR it the rest of year to at least breakeven month to...
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I’m a new investor based out of San Diego, Ca. Yesterday I came across an investor getting out of the game. They own a total of 28 properties in the Fontenelle area of N. Omaha. 12 are vacant and need extensive rehab....