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I have cash and have been trying to come up with strategies to make the most of it. My latest idea is to buy a STR, ocean front, near where I live in SoCal. Not many options as I am limiting myself to areas that are S...
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I’m a 21 year old kid from Michigan, currently netting $32,000/yr from two different jobs, plus an additional $3,000-7,000/yr from side hustles. (I’m a chef, and I help maintai...
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As a new investor I would love to hear about the Bad and the ugly deals...
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Hello BP forums! I am going into my senior year of HS and have been accruing capital for the past year-ish. I currently have about 10k saved up with +7k in my checking and 3k in my stocks(a bit less rn because of th...
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I am currently turning tenants in a 4br/2ba SFH in Arvada, CO and planned to have laminate flooring + new carpet installed on Wednesday. As I'm sure a lot of you have done, I opted to pull out the old stain riddled c...
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So I totally get the numbers. It is a fantastic deal, especially for a beginner. But beyond the numbers, I'm wondering what it's really like. What kind of people choose a duplex/triplex/fourplex over an apartment o...
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I'm thinking about developing a small strip center in a 0.8 acre land. The land is flat and square and no issues. Need to demolish two houses. Environmental seems clean. Demographics are excellent for central New Jers...
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My wife and I have been working on the first unit renovation of a fourplex in a B-ish class area. There is a lot of development around and we definitely are producing a unit much higher than the typical in our area, b...
As a beginner investor I was overwhelmed by all the help that was offered to me. However it eventually became apparent to me that most of the people I had been talking to were actually turnkey providers trying to sel...