American homeowners could see a significant drop in the cost of selling their homes after a real estate trade group agreed to a landmark deal that will eliminate a bedrock of the industry, the 6 percent sales commissi...
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Hi all! I am curious what are some things you wish you knew as a first time investor in real estate, and how did you start? I am a CPA with 7 years of experience in which I specialized in real estate partnership taxa...
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I just came across a thread where people were posting pictures and some background on rentals that they owned that they spent less than 30k on. I liked the thread but I wanted to expand on it and bump the price ran...
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Hi BP,
Just curious to see what everyone does on a daily basis to progress their real estate journey.
I’m a newbie, I have one rental property under my belt and am looking to scale. I’ve caught the real estate bug ...
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As someone that's held real estate for some time, and have sold off others, I'd be curious to hear of other BPer's factors for holding vs selling.As an example, the Bay Area market has appreciated massively in the pas...
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