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Seeking advice from those experienced in property conversion! I have a 4-bed, 2-bath Single Family Home with an attached garage in a class A neighborhood. My plan is to convert the garage into a separate studio unit (...
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Hard money lending seems to be popular in my area and every lender that does it just raves about it. I would like to know what the drawbacks are and things to look out for from the lenders perspective? Aside from ha...
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Greetings,
Here is an update on the current Commercial Retail Market in Los Angeles County, CA:
The Los Angeles retail market continues to grapple with negative demand and expanding vacancy in response to five c...
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Starting to work on a 4 unit property, set up as two duplexes; two units to the left, 1st and second floor and the same to the right. Each unit has its own entrance/exit in addition to the common egress. This has pot...
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Are there any typical minimum terms that those providing seller finance impose on the buyer? Surely as the whole point of selling financing is to obtain a long term steady income, it wouldn't be in the interest of the...
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Hey bigger pockets community,
I’m having a bit of a dilemma. I have been searching for a quality tenant since January.
(If you do not want to read this entire post, please scroll down to my questions at the bottom...
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I’ve seen a lot of agents lately talking about the market crashing soon, and using that to their advantage to get people to sell their home. Is that really legal for realtors to do? It definitely doesn’t seem ethical ...
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Shame on this article. Any true professional knows you do not have to bad mouth a competitor in order to earn business. That just means your business is so weak that you have to use such tactics. Consumers are smar...
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Hey guys!I have decided I am going to learn all I can about real estate and take the plunge into a duplex (if I can find the right deal) in my local area of Madison, WI by Q3 2018. I have seen many say a great way to...
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Hey everyone! Being new to BP,..I thought I'd be consistent here as in all parts of my life and serve the members here first. For those doing Short Sales,..you need to be armed with the CFPB (Consumer Financial Protec...