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Hello,
I wanted to first let everyone know how much I have learned over the past couple of weeks just from reading. You guys here a really providing a tremendous service!
I am looking to put together a portfolio of ...
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Greetings!I am an infill home builder in Portland, OR. I aspire to transition into commercial mixed use development.We've had some great success with sourcing deals via direct mail campaigns for single family homes.In...
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Sept 2018, bought my first duplex in for 95,000. Used HELOC for down payment remodeled the first floor right away and moved the tenants from upstairs to down stairs and raised there rent $100mo. Then I was able to cl...
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What is the difference between REPS hours and material participation hours? My understanding is that material participation are hours that you are actively doing for your properties (day to day and trying to improve t...
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How do you contact L&I to change contractor on a permit? I have a pending building permit and everything is ready but the original contractor's license expired, so they wont issue the permit. I'm in the process ...
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If you’re here I would like to thank you in advance for taking the time to read this. I am in the Toledo Ohio area and have always been on the contractor/worker end of things recently have been wanting to take the lea...
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Hi everyone! My wife and I are looking into investing in short term rentals in vacation markets surrounding NYC (Catskills, Adirondacks, Poconos, etc) and just wanted to check if anyone here might have some insights t...
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Hello everyone! I am currently working on my second multi family deal and I am looking for private investors to raise cash for money down on a loan. I will also invest my own money.
I am looking for a little help unde...
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Hi everyone, first forum post but I've been on BP for about a year now. I'm investing in the Spokane, WA area and in a span of ~18 months I've purchased one single family home, one triplex, and will be closing on a du...
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Hey everyone!
I am fairly new to the BP community and I am just starting my investing journey in New Jersey. I have mainly been looking in Bergen county for duplexes and triplexes up to 700k and have put in 6 offers,...