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According to Reuters. http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090708/us_nm/us_realestate_usapartments
A couple interesting things in this article:
"The national vacancy rate rose to 7.5 percent, the highest since 1987 and an i...
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Have been talking to one 3rd generation owner of some apartments and he's fearful of losing his 1031 tax-free exchange and also wants to retire. So now he's willing to offer me owner financing to take the property off...
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We all know that this is one of the most uncertain times in all of our lives. Nobody knows how the future will go, partly because we almost no historical comparables to look at. In that same way, how is anybody able t...
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I am looking for additional book recommendations as a first time buyer. I am searching for a book that will cater toward my strategy of a buy and hold investor of single family properties. I have currently read The Bo...
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Hello BP community,
Hope you all are doing well and staying safe.
I guess I actually have two questions:
1) If you were going to either sell a home now or in three years,...would you do it now? I've heard several p...
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Hello All,Each year the Federal Housing Finance Agency reassesses the conventional loan size and high balance/super conforming loan size limits. After some speculation, the analysts were pretty accurate. Most predic...
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Hi guys, I’m new to the platform and I wanted to introduce myself. I bought my first home 5 years ago and it has appreciated a lot in the last few years. I just recently took advantage of the low interest rates and re...
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Greetings ladies and gentlemen.A question has been burning my mind:Where do you find out information about the market trends so that it puts you on the best possible ground to predict the next cycle in the real estate...
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Hey BP community! I am a real newbie. New to th site and real estate investing. Hope to learn a lot from the seasoned investors. Ready to put in the work and to grow as an investor .
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What's going on Bigger Pockets!?
I've been looking at investing for cashflow in the Midwest and I plan to specifically target residential multifamily properties for now at least. Going through the markets I noticed A...