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Hello BP forum, I am interested in investing in the US generally and would like to build a medium to large rental portfolio, are there any key areas I should be looking at or should stay away from? I know there are...
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Looking to round out an argument for loved ones. Please give me some feedback???Back when our moms and dads were starting with their career, their investments are centered on having a secured future – have their own h...
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Hi ,
Few months ago I bought a new house with finished basement. One day overnight due to wind storm and rain in the area electricity outage happened for 6hrs. I was going to sleep but then thought to check basement....
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WSJ column-The Great California Exodus
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304444604577340531861056966.html?mod=WSJ_hp_mostpop_read
"Nearly four million more people have left the Golden State in the last t...
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How quickly time flies. Seemingly just a few months ago I posted an article with thoughts on the first year as the owner of a small block of 18 apartments we bought a little over 2 years ago (see link below if you’re...
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I was recently informed that there was drug activities in one of the units. Also there have been vandalism and coin operated laundry got broken into that possibly related to the same tenant. However, the other tenants...
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I attended a weekend training program offered by a multi family investment club and found that at least 2/3 of their training was about selling their courses and advertising for their sponsors/partner companies. The f...
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Good morning all. It has been many years since I have posted on here. I started investing in 2010 ish when I was still single. In 2012, I met my first husband who was very on board with investing in real estate. It di...
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Checked out my local Property Management companies in Chicago area - boy, it's a mess, no online presence for pretty much every company I analyzed.
Property management folks, what are your pain points here? Where do...
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Hi all. This is my first post on the forums, as I'm usually more of a lurker. I've come up with several reasons why the real estate investing market in Saint Louis seems optimal. This could be for buy and hold investo...