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Hello all,
This is Emma greeting from San Diego, California. I recently graduated from my MBA program and currently work on the acquisitions team in a real estate company. I have been listening to the Bi...
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Hello Team, i am about to buy a property that is has very very strong smell inside. It looks like several cats were there for a long time. Unless I clean the smell, we cannot work there. Currently all the doors and wi...
So I have a bare lot I am selling. Lets say I get 100k for it. My plan is to 1031 this into a duplex. It looks like I can occupy one side of the duplex as long as when I sell the duplex that side isn't considered 1031...
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Hi all, I am also new to the forum. Looking for some advice as to how to proceed. In 2012 I partnered up and bought a triplex to rent . We went 65% for him and 35% for me on the ownership and rent split as I was still...
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And by far, is income taxes. I know there are tremendous legal methods how to not pay income taxes, or to pay very little. Judge Learned Hand(his real name!) once said in a court case " it is the right of every Americ...
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Hi BP,Wondering if anyone has suggestions for rent control units? Rent control Particularly in Oakland, California. I have a unit at an excellent rate, and like to get my other units that are at low rents to at leas...
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Like everyone right now, I am spending a lot of time at home thinking about the short, mid and long-term impacts of our "new normal". A question I keep thinking about is what will be the new trends that will emerge as...
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Hello BR family,My partner and I purchased this home for 449k, the reason behind the purchase was the modern pool installed in 2021 & big backyard. Anything in the area with a modern pool not those oddly dated sha...
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I am well above the average DIYer in skill, and was mostly through a home-inspection course before career change, so I know a great deal about most things in a home, except for wells/septic.
I am looking at a...
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So we have a 4 family Citibank REO under contract. It is two detached duplexes(upstairs/downstairs units) on one 5000sqft lot. Each of the 4 units, are 3 bedroom and 1 bath. It is not in a floodzone, two blocks from ...