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Hi BP Community,I wanted to share my recent interaction (email exchange) with a real estate agent who was advising me to up my offer price to beat the competition.About 20 days ago, I called an agent about a double (1...
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Do real estate investors think they are the only ones that need to be making the good money? I’m talking about from the perspective of a good quality contractor getting turned down to do a job because some shade tree ...
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Hey there BP. I'm talking with REO specialist (realtor) whom I have not met in person. Told him what I was looking for & he emailed 2 properties for me to look at. He also sent me the lockbox code to let myself...
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Hey everyone,I'm considering bidding on a foreclosure at an auction property- but it's a second mortgage, which means I would still need to pay off the 1st mortgage if I win. But... I can't seem to find out the bala...
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New to the Bigger Pockets community and starting our journey into real estate investing. We thought we would start with a flip. Found a house that we could pay cash and offered. It is a foreclosure and the offer proce...
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Economic Update
(Monday, July 13, 2020)
Not since the 1960s has the United States experienced social upheaval like it is experiencing today. We have protests, an upcoming national election, and a massively divide...
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Hi everyone. I am brand new to the Bigger Pockets Community but love the info so far. I am selling my business and will have at least $100,000 cash to get me started, plus ongoing payouts over 4 years that cover my fa...
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I've recently had some great discussion with a fellow tax lien investor and I've been researching liens more and more. Come to find some potentially quetionable ethical calls made and I'm curious to hear what others b...
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Few questions for the BP community:1. How do you deal with a contractor that asks what other estimates have come in at and then either matches the price or beats it by just a little bit, then expects to win the work?...