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Hello everyone,I've been deliberating whether to purchase a vacation home, with the intention to run it as a short term rental preferably within 2-5 hours from Los Angeles where I live. I can not identify a vacation ...
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Economic Update
(Monday, September 14, 2020)
A majority of Los Angeles households face serious financial problems due to the COVID-19 pandemic, with Latinos and Black residents bearing the brunt of the economic pa...
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I'm looking for some B Class properties for my Buy-and-Hold portfolio in Fountain Square and Warren Park area of Indianapolis.I was looking at this Investors Guide to Grading Indianapolis Neighborhoods and noticed t...
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Going to be honest here - I am not sure this is a great deal... Maybe a good deal, maybe an acceptable deal but not a great deal as it stands.If I decide to buy this - it will be my first investment property, my first...
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Hear me out.Over the last years, more and more of the BP discussions circle around cash flow. As LTR was getting harder 2018-2020 STR became the new thing everyone started chasing. Until that started getting difficult...
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Morning guys,
I have a question to all my fellow BP members. I could not find the thread for some reason so i figured lets construct a new one.
If you were to rebuild this country. What would you get rid of first to...
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Hey guys! So My buddy and I were talking yesterday about the corona drama and our rentals. We were talking worst case scenario. He was telling me that he doesn’t make much from his 3 rental properties (3 SFH) and th...
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I'm new to investing in real estate and am about ready to make my first purchase in an investment property. I was steered towards Columbus OH by an agent I met here on BP. Then, another trusted colleague told me to lo...
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Many times on BP I've read "buy a cash flowing positive property". What about a negative cash flowing property? I've read that you make your money when you buy, does this apply to a negative cash flow property? I'm su...
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I'm wondering if any folks in the Houston / College Station or maybe even Austin areas have any thoughts on whether it'd be a good idea to to buy SFRs in the small town of Navasota near CS. My parents (@Tom Knodt) an...