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Hi all!I have been researching the San Diego market and would love your advice on my situation / dilemma. I'm going to give you a bit of context on what I already know below so you can weigh in most efficiently. Tha...
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Very close to making our first plunge into REI with a duplex in Clearwater, FL. We are doing an FHA loan since we don't have enough cash for 20% down; and therefore, will have to live in one side of the unit for the f...
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Hey everyone, I have been doing deal analyses with the help of BP for a little bit now, always saving the reports, tweaking and researching and messing with them to see what seems reasonable, but it dawned on me that ...
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In my search for my first rental, I've found an enticing home. There's just one thing. It's right across the street from a church and down the street from another one. It's located in a good neighborhood, but I have n...
I've heard people using cash from a HELOC on one property (A) to buy an investment property (B), then immediately do a cash-out refi on B and put the cash right back to the HELOC on A. I'm planning to do that, however...
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Schools seem to have a great affect on a community and consequent land value. Whether correlation or causation, I can't say exactly (http://blog.redfin.com/blog/2013/09/paying-more-fo...)I found this humorous article ...
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Hey everyone,
Context:
I am looking to buy my first investment property. Over several years, I have worked hard to save up for a down payment, and I currently have $200k set aside in a money market account ready to ...
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Dear BP community,I was wondering, is there a formula how one could calculate how many loans banks can practically give him?Does it matter if I buy the properties on LLC? Does it matter if my wife is also on the llc? ...
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If you are spending money sending yellow letters, make sure your answering service doesn't run out of space.I probably get around one yellow letter a week for one of my rentals. I am considering selling it, and am ge...
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Hi BP, I've just bought a property in Rancho Cucamonga in California and rent it out from last year. Since I live in Southern California, the price of real estate is kind of high. Therefore , although I've already pu...