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Good afternoon,
I'm looking at a property listed for $52,000 in the 19134 area of Philadelphia, where similar properties are selling between $50,000 to $75,000. I asked an agent about typical bank appraisals for simi...
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Can someone point me in the right direction for bidding on a foreclosure in North Carolina? I have been made aware of a property that now interests me but I've never gone to the courthouse to input a bid. It is curren...
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I went to Binghamton University for my undergrad many moons ago. I know a lot of the tenants there are students and they make the properties cash flow very well. However, with all the zoning, interest rates, and risin...
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Hi Everyone,As an avid reader/visitor to these forums, I want to finally introduce myself to all of you. I'm currently a licensed agent in Phoenix (I work will all types of buyers/sellers, especially investors), I hav...
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Real estate investing is one of the best ways to diversify a portfolio and make a little side cash. It’s one of the most stable markets there is, and you can leverage others’ money to make it happen.
According to CNN...
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The February 2018 Central Texas Housing Market Report is out from the Austin Board of REALTORS®. The Austin area housing market didn't care that February is typically a slow month. Home sales volume across the greater...
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What do you guys know about utilizing the stress test when running the numbers on properties, and is it really something that needs to be done? I spoke to a lender in O'Fallon, IL that thinks there will soon be anothe...
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Merry Christmas and Happy New Year BP
January 1 will mark the 1 year anniversary of my business and the beginning of my real estate investing endeavor. My how time flies.
I wanted to take this opportunity to say t...
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Hello BP community,My name is Abdu and I am very new to real estate investing, I recently finished a real estate workshop and decided to take action and get started. I am self employed as an early childhood educator a...
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Hi! My name is Richard Neumann and am a 31 year old near Belvidere, NJ. I have renovated 3 rental properties and 2 personal properties with my father. He has been the money and I have been the labor. I'm a mechanical ...