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Came across my BP FB page today http://news10.com/2016/06/03/landlord-shot-killed-...So what do you folks do to combat this sort of thing and protect yourself?Being in Florida I have my concealed weapons permit and ca...
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Benefits of being a RE Investor and having a license? Would it be better to get a license before directly getting into investing?
Can you really get a legitimate license from online classes compared to c...
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Good afternoon all!So, I build a commercial building from the ground up that finished May of 19'. I occupy 50% of the building (~3,000 sq ft) with my Medical/Optometry Practice. I built the building to have ~3,000 ...
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Hi everyone. I am staring my wholesale business in the Chicago area. And I have a few questions. 1. What are the best marketing tools for finding deals? 2. What are some of the best practices for building a strong buy...
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Hi there, first post on BP but figured this would be a good place to get some advice. I have had a tenant for roughly a year now, and we do not allow pets (unless they were there when we purchased the property) she ha...
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HI. i have a RE agent to list my rental house. we got an application and now i asked my agent to do a background and credit check. I asked him to use a tenant screening tool i saw online that . he told me that he only...
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Would you buy a triple net with a Pier 1 imports as a tenant with 4 and a half years remaining in the contract? Location is good but my concern is the situation of Pier 1 importa, numbers are dropping so quick that af...
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Hello Everyone,I had my first offer on a duplex accepted last Friday. Im really excited everything seems to be falling into place! Id like to first thank everyone here on BP and mostly @JD Martin for all his help thro...
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I saw a FSBO for a house in a really expensive neighborhood. The price is half of the market price but it has a major foundation problem. As a matter of fact, the house has been deserted for at least 4 years.
So I loo...
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Looking to partner up on an 8 unit deal in Texas. Except there’s one issue, I have no idea how to form a partnership of anything like that. I’m guessing there are plenty on people on here that don’t know as well, whic...