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Hello Bp Community,
I'm in the process of purchasing my first rental property (Duplex) as a long-term buy and hold. I met with the home inspector this morning and after reviewing the property and report, I have a cou...
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Hi all, I'm Josh. I'm in my late 30's with a job in Aerospace and two young children (4 and 5). My job consumes a lot of my time and if I look up the ladder I can tell it's only going to get worse if I continue to adv...
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Hello all,
After reading @J Scott very inspiring Diary of a New Construction, I thought it would be a good idea to start a Diary of a Rental Property to document the process I go through in my area to ge...
We own a duplex in an expensive hillside neighborhood in Los Angeles. The house behind us, which has a very large lot and we share a long property line with, is for sale. If we purchased we would own almost a half acr...
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I'd like some advice on the wisdom of using $100k of my 401k money to buy a retirement home in Costa Rica.The facts: I'm 57 years old and live in Hermosa Beach, where I rent an apartment. The houses here are $2 mill...
Firstly I’m new to this so any advice or help would be amazing! I recently acquired my first a rental property two weeks ago with tenants who were on a month to month lease. I physically delivered a 30 notice to end ...
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I'm still new to BP and would love to hear from some investors on this topic. I'm curious where others stand on holding cash now or investing, particularly in California and Sacramento, where I live. The financial mar...
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I'm new to real state investment and looking into the rental prop. Information in forums and webinars is very informative but also overwhelming. I'm not exactly sure to where start from. i.e turnkey vs finding & b...
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Our HELOC on our primary finally came through and it appraised at the top of the market! We are pleased with that 1.25% minimum pmt at @7% interest, 10 year draw with a balloon at the end. We are excited but also ne...
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Newbie and ready to invest in my first rental property! It's scary! Every "friend" and family member has something to say about location and that now is not the right time...I've been told that the best of the 3 is VA...