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As I've been watching podcasts n reading topic posts, one thing that has crossed my mind: how come people aren't wanting to quit their jobs to become RE agents or brokers while becoming a full time investor? On paper,...
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Hey BP Community!First off, I want to say that this site has been a tremendous resource for learning for me! I am a graduate student and intend to enter real estate investing as soon as I can. My Question: I am comple...
I've been doing research in to various cities, and it seems like these two keep popping up as growing areas with a strong rental market. I read some news articles and I understand that it may be due to the oil boom. ...
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I'm relatively young investor (30) working on putting my first rental property under contract. This community seems to have a fairly low view of stock market investing which is fine, but I thought the following compar...
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Hello all
The tenant didn’t pay the rent nor answering the call.
Pls advise on next steps.
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Hello,A little background. This past year we have run the gamut of GC's. A fellow rehabber was taken for 23k. The GC just took the money and never showed up. I had a few bad experiences culminating with this last ...
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I am still interested in doing short-term rentals in Orlando especially as there will be a new theme park in 2023. If you are doing short term rentals in the area, how is it thus far for you? Any advice on how to appr...
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Has anyone here ever defaulted on an SBA 504 loan. How is it dealing with Colson's Servicing? Did they attempt to enforce the personal guarantee? Was bankruptcy required?
How about a short sale? How was that handled?...
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Hello BP Community,This is my first post, so be gentle. My question is one of general strategy. Given the following choices which do you think is the smarter option for a 1st time home owner with REI aspirations.Opt...
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We have a tenant who is moving out at the end of the month. Long story short, they have been very high maintenance since they moved in 8 months ago. They have borderline harassed contractors we have sent to the house...