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I have to admit - I'm borrowing this from another forum, but I wanted some feedback from our members.
What is the most inspiring book you've read?? (real estate or otherwise).
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I have two goals for this post:Increase awareness of the issueFind ways to decrease the chances of this happeningNote: I'm not an attorney. Just an investor. Several weeks ago I read a post on FB about someone who got...
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I own two townhouse rentals (Colorado and Wyoming) and am thinking about my next property. I have a number of questions:What are considered some of the best locations long-term for such properties? Criteria would in...
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We recently moved to Southern CA. I wanted to get an FHA loan, put 5% down and purchase a multi-family in Pasadena, CA. I broke out my spreadsheets and WOW - I can't seem to make any scenario actually work, even to b...
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What do you get when you mix a few arrests, drug dealing and unpaid property taxes? My first BRRRR property that's what! Back in early June, the city released their list of unpaid property taxes from the year prior. I...
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We don't have to wait for election day... The race was decided yesterday, on the football field, in the game between the Cowboys and Redskins. For 17 out of the past 18 elections, if the Redskins win their home game b...
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So, I’m hanging out at my duplex waiting for another prospective tenant that isn’t showing up for their appointment.
I prescreen, which cuts down drastically on no shows and people that do not meet the rental criter...
Hello BP,I'm still a newbie at all this so please feel free to recommend any reading material to get me started. Long-term I would like to own multiple rental properties so this would be the first step.My girlfriend a...
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I'm at North Seattle Community College all day for a Peter Harris, Commercial Property Advisors, boot camp. I have been a student of Dave LIndahl (best $1,000 I ever spent) and was at REAPS listening to Anthony Chara...
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For those not familiar, we got our first STR under contract and we are bringing my 12 year old daughter into the process of starting it up and managing it. We have owned long term rentals for many years, but decided t...