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Hey Everyone!My name is Michael Ablan. I'm new investor from the Upstate New York area! I'm a newly licensed real estate agent, and landlord. In my free time I do a ton of mountain hiking, kayaking, reading, flippi...
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Hello BP,I currently have a verbal agreement to purchase a home for 90k. I met with the children over the weekend who inherited the property from mom. The house has already gone through probate and they are ready to s...
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I would like to read an example of some of you guy's creative financing deal structuring you've put together with no &/or little of your own money down. I'm posting this forum to get a better understanding of how ...
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Hey BP,I am looking into purchasing my first investment property out of state. Most likely in Indianapolis, Indiana.I am currently debating on whether or not I should start with a BRRRR property or Turnkey property.Ho...
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Hey guys,
Do you use biggerpockets.smartmove.com for your tenant screening? If so, how do you like it compared to others? If not, why not and who do you use? I used it for my prop and it seemed to work really well. W...
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Hi all,I’m about to close on my first out of state rental and have been in contact with a property management company to manage it.For accounting purposes, the PM is asking me to open a business account at a local ban...
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Hi BP community, my name is Tinah and I'm a newbie investor in Worcester County, MA. I need some direction on how to handle a deal that has gone insanely wrong.
I made an offer on a 100-year old house for rental. My ...
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I just got my first rental property, the mortgage is under personal (myself). I then started an LLC to do property management on it.I plan to use this LLC as a landlord to do contracts with tenants and collect rents,...
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Given that there is such a liquid market of buyers online I was wondering what people's thoughts are on the commission paid to Realtors. A 6% commission has always seemed scandalously high to me given the typical amo...
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Just wondering, does anyone on BP make money from RE, but actually acknowledge the simple points outlined in this site:https://www.caare.org/The site clearly and concisely absolutely exposes all of the worst things ab...