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I joined BP not long ago and learned about the 50% rule and 2% rule. Perhaps I don't understand these rules completely?.. Intrigued I sat down today to crunch some numbers:Assumptions:Expenses = rent*.5 rent = .02 * v...
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Hello all,Warning, this question has many parts. My girlfriend and I have been going back and forth on this question and would love to hear what the BP community thinks. Our goal is to have financial freedom, at leas...
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I've been looking for a good CRM / lead tracker system.
Ive been looking at salesforce.com and saw someone recommended karmacrm
What experience do folks on here have with any CRm Tracking systems.
I would prefer so...
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Hello all, before you answer this question here's a little background.
My wife and I are 28 year olds, living in Southern California and we are starting to create our financial freedom portfolio in real estate. W...
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We have added QR Codes to our yellow letters and postcards. Any one else using them?
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So real estate agents have access to the MLS where they can see all of the properties currently available. And so they can see it before anybody else can, unless ofcourse you go door to door or do intense research on ...
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Hey everyone, I could use a little advice from the community on a rental property I currently have listed. I can probably guess which direction most of the advice will go, but I am definitely a bit torn on this parti...
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Hello BP! My name is Ben Reichenberger, a Project Engineer for a commercial general contractor. After spending the first quarter-century of our lives in the Seattle, WA area, my wife and I have relocated this last we...
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Good afternoon BP! I wanted to start the proper way with the newbie intros. I'm in a little city an hour South of Seattle (on a good traffic day), although we just got a Costco so it's growing. I'm a tech nerd by d...
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I am hitting a roadblock in finding deals... I have been on New Western's deal list as well as another bigger local company and everytime I underwrite these deals there is very very minimal left on the bone let alone ...