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Hello BPers,For those of you who have become syndicators, I'm assuming at some point you started as an independent investor. How many personal deals did you do before your first syndication? Did you rely mostly on fam...
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Hey BP Family, I want to thank you all for the great advice I've received over the last few months; it's all starting to pay off. A week ago today I closed on a duplex in Olathe, KS using an FHA loan. Two days late...
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Good afternoon all.I am just a newbie and I am wroking to get my fist deal done by the end of this year and I was recommended a realtor by a friend of mine who has been investing successfully for the last couple of ye...
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@Sam Grooms and I syndicate apartments in Phoenix. IN that I am sure you are hearing lots of different things from lots of different people, which can confuse and paralyze the mind, I thought a bit of concrete good ne...
I am 3 months into my first venture and inherited some bad tenants. It has been one problem after another with them and have been professional and courteous through every turn. They have been verbally abusive and v...
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For those who buy and hold - how do you decide when to fold (sell)?
Here's the situation: Bought several OOS properties starting 2.5 years ago. We "chose" this location because my husband was assigned there for wor...
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Hi everyone! My name is Ricio, and I'm a new member here. Looking for some RE investing advice. For context, I am 34 years old, and I purchased my first RE rental property in SOCAL, in 2011 (it is my only property). T...
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Hi all, I recently created a post about wanting to house hack in San Diego. However, an opportunity came up for me in Sacramento that I'm finding incredibly hard to pass up. I would really appreciate some advice as I ...
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I own two long-term rentals (single family homes) in Colorado. I haven't physically been inside either property for years; I've only driven by each house 1-2 a year. Each of the tenants are great, they always pay on t...
BEFORE WE START: This is not my success story. This is the success story of @Steven Kwan. EVERYONE NEEDS TO READ THISSteven- feel free to chime and and help us out here!***Full disclosure: Steven purchased property th...