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Hello Bigger Pockets folks. My wife, two 3-year old boys, 5 month old and myself reside in Alvin, TX which is just outside of Houston, TX. We have one single-family rental property in the Heights area of Houston whi...
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For about 18 months I've been working on buying a condemned house on a half-acre property right next door to our place. Finally, looks like I have a deal.The owner, we'll call him Mr. Big, is a real estate investor fr...
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Hello all,July 2022 we purchased our first flip with a hard money loan. Lots of things gone wrong and learning opportunities happened which meant our credit cards are maxed and credit score affected dramatically. We f...
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Good afternoon BP. I’m looking for a good hard money lender in Michigan. If anyone has a lender they’ve worked with recently and trusted, I’d appreciate making a connection.I’m looking at putting together my third d...
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I have used the same agent on everything but she is more focused on single family homes. For a "value" quadplex that's worth ~575k in NC, are you better off with a traditional realtor / MLS, or using loopnet etc. with...
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Looking at relocating back to my home state of Nevada. Anyone have a feel for the market in rural areas? I am specifically looking at the Fallon, NV area. Thanks.
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"Federal Housing Administration mortgage delinquencies jumped in the fourth quarter for the first time since 2006, the Mortgage Bankers Association reported Wednesday. The FHA insures low down-payment loans and is ...
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I attended my first tax sale this year. I had a total bank roll of $80k and planned to spend most of it. I was spending a bunch of time digging through the TS list, so I decided to hire a VA to cut the list down to ...
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Hey BP STR hosts! Do y'all decorate at your STR for the holidays? If yes, why? If no, why not? I'm the type to not put any energy into extra work into the STR unless there's a clear ROI so if y'all have any guest test...
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For context of this third post see previous two posts at the links below:Part 1Part 2If you have a model that is effectively combining some of the basic economic and lifestyle benefits of renting and buying what are s...