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I know this question is contrarian to most new RE Investors, however, over the last 15 years, I have been an investment advisor and have been able to create an unbelievable business that cash flows extremely well. If...
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I've come to a fork in the road and I need some guidance!!
I currently have a lot of personal debt and my goal is to become a full time buy and hold investor. I don't know if I should aggressively pay down m...
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House is on the boarder of LA and OC4 bed 3 bath 2,353 sq ft with a 6,965 lot.Step One, The NegotiationI received a call on December 2, 2014 from the son of parents that needed to sell the family home. Parents are in ...
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Just bought our first rental property. It's a single family house and the prevailing rent would be around 1,300 to 1,400.
I ask the tenant to submitt 3 months bank statments, 3 months pay stubs, employer information,...
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I did my formal "intro" in the Newbie Intro area. I'm in the fact findings/knowledge acquisition phase of what will be, hopefully, another chapter to my life. Starting late rather than never. I'm a successful health...
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A little background on the story. I have been paying my mom's mortgage for the past decade or so. I pay the bank directly. She is retired and called me last night and wanted me to pay off her 15 year loan and take t...
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Hey everyone,I'm having a big problem and am hoping that someone can give me some good advice and direction. I've been on bigger pockets for about a year now and I have a pretty clear vision of the path I will take t...
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Hello BPocketers!I am newbie in real estate investments in the Detroit area. I made some quick flips that made me some money and recently acquired a two family (Paid cash 57k) in a nice upcoming area of the city. I pl...
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I just got a new investment property, there is this potential tenant, single parent with four kids, the eldest daughter is 24 yrs old, the tenant was upfront about a rocky credit, but when I ran the application the c...
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Our tenants just moved in to a fully renovated B+ property and during the renovation the gas hot water heater was jarred loose and unknown to us started leaking. When they started using a lot of hot water (shower, lau...