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Hey guys, The banks are telling me that they can not loan to me for a personal home because of my Debt to Income is to high for their underwriting. I have been working to build my rental portfolio for the last few yea...
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Hey BP community, I'm Jonah. I'm looking to learn more about passive real estate investing, syndications, and other passive or semi-passive streams of income or equity building. I'm 37 and about 8 years into my emerg...
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What do you look for in a small town a couple of hours away from a metropolitan area and are trying to buy and hold? Is there a certain unemployment rate you look for? Specific industries? A certain percentage of p...
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Anyone have an efficient method (and economical way) to track down sellers of vacant properties?
If I don't find a better way, I'm going to take my returned letters and trash them (I'm just too ADD) - but I know there...
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After listing my property (a 4-plex in San Diego) too high in a declining market, receiving no offers after a month even after a 9% price cut, I asked my broker: at what price could he guarantee an offer within a week...
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Hi all,
I listened to a podcast recently where the guest mentioned investing in real estate in Belize. Pair that with my desire to start over in a tropical destination (I work in IT and can work anywhere) and I start...
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So, since I've started as a pro member here on BP, a lot of the properties in my price range are all in run down neighborhoods with high crime. Does anyone have experience with these types of rentals? Is it just a ...
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Before my tenants re-signed a year lease earlier this year, they wanted to sign an even longer lease that would end in late October next year. But, that's such a bad time to find a new tenant when a year lease would ...
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I am constantly hearing "Get a REAL job". so i dont talk to anybody anymore. I am glad i found this group, now i can read, see what others are doing, and make connections. "get a REAL job" i inwardly smirk now cause i...