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Good Afternoon Everyone,I am a fairly new member to BiggerPockets and REI with the intention of jumping into the Miami market in the near future. I am actively seeking 2-4 unit properties and wanted to hear some loca...
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I have a friend who is renting an older but nice single family home for $1650 a month. She has been there only three weeks when a major plumbing issue came up. Raw sewage started overflowing out of the toilets,...
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Hello Bigger Pockets community,I just discovered you all. Very late to the party I know. It's almost like how I just discovered the True Detective series and its greatness. I do have an excuse as I have been busy d...
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Hey you bunch of insightful RE kingpins!
Newb here again, just giving a quick run down for a thumbs up or thumbs down on a SFR I'm about to pull the trigger on:
Former Rental, on the market at 40k, current tenant caus...
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I had a motivated seller call one of my bandit signs in Morehead City, NC and had requested for me to look at his property, a 2001 manufactured home on a permanent foundation on its own parcel of land in Smyrna, NC, o...
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Loving this site and podcasts so far. There is so much great information here and I am learning alot. So about me and what I want: young, ambitious, and interested in real estate investing. I work in the new constr...
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I am looking to do my first flip and trying to get a sense for how best to realize my expenses for capital gains as a DIY flipper. As a DIY flipper my labor/install expenses are significantly less than a flipper that...
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I started a business of Property maintenance and lawn care about 7 years ago. I was just fixing things inside and out of residential homes. Like a regular construction contractor. I mow commercially an residential. ...
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Hi everyone!After a 3 month delay, due to state shutdown because of Covid-19 and my exam being cancelled, I can finally say that I am a licensed Real Estate Agent in California! Woohoo!! It feels so unreal! I am curre...
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We are currently evaluating REI opportunities. AFAIK, you need to put 20% down unless you are using house hack. I am curious to learn any other approaches you used to purchase your buy and hold rental and how did find...