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I love reading the Deal Diaries on BP so I thought I would write my own. Hopefully, it will help others learn from my experience and avoid the mistakes I make (I'm sure there will be plenty!)This will be my third rent...
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Hi All! My name is Shannon and I live in San Francisco, CA. Currently 28 yo and have around 100k ready to invest. I am very new to real estate and currently do not own any properties. I and am looking for a market tha...
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Hello investing friends! My very first "flip" went live on MLS today. What a great learning experience and it was definitely very different than what I've seen on HGTV. :) Nonetheless I LOVED the process.Before/after ...
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Hey guys,I've been analyzing deals with a buy and hold mentality in the Tacoma, WA area for a while now. Like anywhere in the US, the best "deals" are in the worst parts of town. The area has a full spectrum of neighb...
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Economic Update
(Yom Kippur Edition)
The second quarter of 2020 (April, May & June) was the mother of all economic contractions. Real GDP shrank at a 31.7% annual rate, the largest drop for any quarter since ...
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I've really wanted an answer as to whether real estate is a get rich slow endeavor, and after watching Brandon's video on How to Quickly Analyze a Property Deal it seems to be the casehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X...
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So I got a phone call from a tenant who is six months into a one year lease, she is moving in with a boy friend.Lease has an early termination fee of two month's rent. I am holding a security deposit and last month's...
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Adding an ADU to a property has become super easy in CA, yet it seems that the adoption rate of adding units isn't quite where it could be.
This is most surprising amongst investment property owners. Why is that? The...
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Hello fellow BPers!Now, I know we’re all young at heart. But I’m specifically looking for those under the age of 35 to answer these questions. Feel free if you’re older to answer these questions too because honestly,...
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Introduction and background on questions:
Currently we are a 2 man operation that is a 50/50 partnership. We will not have any additional partners in the future and we are not interested in selling part ownership of...