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Hello Bigger Pockets! I'm a young guy from North NJ eager to get started in real estate investing. I see this as an excellent resource and am so motivated its like I just started a new job. My main goal is to this f...
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Hi BP Community,I am living in Manhattan, looking to invest in a buy and hold property in greater New York and/or New Jersey (pretty much anything within 1-2 hours by train from The City) for some passive income.I'm o...
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I'm looking for a general contractor in Jersey City, NJ to do a full gut renovation for a 707 sqft rental property.How do I get "Investor Pricing" vs "Retail Pricing" from GCs? The bids I'm receiving vary wildly.Bid #...
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Is an area with a lot of new development of both small and large commercial multi family projects a good or bad sign to invest in that area? I’m particularly interested in small multi family investing. On the good sid...
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My name is Omar Ismael. I live and invest in New Jersey. I’m a licensed real estate agent, an investor in real estate and a certified union carpenter. I am also an active buy and hold investor looking to grow my portf...
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This is my first post and a quite long one at that. Thanks for reading and replying!
Originally, I found BP by trying to figure out how much a family member's house is worth fixed up an...
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Hi BiggerPockets community,I currently own a two-family property in Jersey City, New Jersey. In one of the units, I have been dealing with a non-paying tenants for about a year and a half. The final trial is coming up...
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Most of the books I read and people on forums like biggerpockets are either investing in low priced markets or buying homes for a long term appreciation play. Im in Bergen County NJ and cap rates are abysmal. If you g...
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the past two weeks, I listened a lot of biggerpocket podcasts. It talked a lot about cash flows: 1.5%~2% rent/price ratio....i live in new jersey, very close to NY. it is very hard to get that ratios. prices and expen...
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Hello All,I'd like to introduce myself to the BP Community. This introduction is probably long over-due as I've been a member of BP for I believe over 3-4 months.I heard about BP from a friend of a friend who told me...