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Hello BP community. AirBnB has been around for almost ten years now. I was wondering if anyone has had much success with them now in 2019.
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I am finally situated to get into REI but in all honesty, I am scared to death! My intentions is to by and flip and doing the bulk of the work myself. Pretty much my only fear is not knowing ENOUGH about the process, ...
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I just found out that the only heir/owner of a vacant and abandoned property I'm tracking is in prison. My thinking is that he can likely only make collect calls. I'm going to initiate contact via letter. Is there a c...
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Name 3 of your top business/ entrepreneur books/landlord booksThanks guys! I just finished reading 4 hour work week
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TLDR; I prefer buying in a high interest rate environment and then refinancing in a handful of years, rather than buying in a low interest rate environment and refinancing in a handful of years.Wanted to share my thou...
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Hello,I am new to real estate and am curious about obtaining a real estate license. My goals are primarily to invest in real estate, but have considered getting my real estate license in order to gain experience in th...
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For those of you who are trying to build your real estate business while holding a full-time job, what would you say are the biggest challenges that you have to deal with on and ongoing basis?
Just off the to...
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Any 1031 exchange success stories in today's markets? If so, what strategy did you use to best safeguard your profits considering the small time frame (45 days to identify a property)?I've read things like look at mu...
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As a landscape contractor most of my competitors are uninsured but I find homeowners seem to care more than landlords about insurance, why is that? This is a generalization to elicit feedback but my comment is based o...
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What is the weirdest thing your tenants have left behind in your property and how did you deal with it?