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Greetings BiggerPockets!Just last month, I started crawling, walking (& dare I say running) towards being a new real estate investor! Last night, I was reading the Morris Invest Case Study 2.0 (@tyler jahnke) and ...
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TL;DR: Recent article suggests rent hikes aren't just about landlord greed - rising costs across the board are a major factor.
Just read an eye-opening article about the recent rent crisis. It challenged my assumpti...
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Savvy real estate investors often like to buy properties that have problems, which can help us snag a great deal. However... not all problems are good. What are some examples of "problem properties" you would never w...
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The city, of course, is bad for investing. There's crime in every city I wouldn't touch with a 10' pole.
Have you not seen the appreciation numbers? Think it was 20% last year & 10% so far this year. Plus, the c...
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Starting this thread after reading through the "Austin is Hot" thread. After reading that thread, the Austin atmosphere looks similar to California. I'm a California investor and certainly a dearth of deals out ther...
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Hello BP Community.Currently we live in Hawaii (stationed here with the military), but it looks like we might get out soon. For the first time in a long time, we're faced with the option of moving wherever we want. We...
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I am working on a long term buy and hold plan.. SFH's here in Nor cal are SO overpriced. I am 40, 3 kids, full time job... I envision doing Property management at least in the first decade, but do a lot of work myse...
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Hi All,I am currently exploring investing/buying a unit in Tulum, Mexico. Any advice or things to look out for would be greatly appreciated! I will likely buy with cash and not hold a mortgage. If you have invested in...
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I want to apologize ahead of time for the long post but there are a lot of members asking questions about @Clayton Morris , with Morris Invest ( morrisinvest.com ) and not much information out there. I wanted to prov...