A friend of mine and I plan on rolling over old 401k's into self-directed IRA's. We then plan to loan each other money, and use that money to flip houses.So, I loan 80k to him, he loans 80k to me....we have 160k to bu...
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Hello all,I am currently in the process of researching the pros and cons of becoming a real estate agent. Does anyone have any feedback regarding the licensing process, etc? I am from Minnesota so I am looking to co...
Hello,I am running some numbers to assess whether to invest in a place for short term rental (our first one, although my husband and I already own a LTR). For those who already rent your property, have you compared th...
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Hello Fellow Investors,
I want to share a success story of a local “rent by the room” house hacker we had on our House Hack Mastermind Podcast back in 2021. @Andrew Lloyd purchased his first house hack in Lakewood CO...
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Is anyone here actively buying rentals to hold in the Salt Lake valley right now? I'm looking around and having a difficult time seeing anything that will cashflow at today's prices. Given the market fundamentals in t...
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Hello. Has anyone used Shopify to build their own STR property website? I know Shopify typically is a more commerce base platform. Is there a good website theme template to use that anyone can recommend?Or am I barkin...
Hey BP! I am just getting started in both the real estate and BP worlds -- I love the fact that, as owners, we have the ability to pull on different cost-levers to increase the performance of our properties! I have a ...
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I know it's December/January which is not an ideal time to neither sell or rent. Private landlords in the neighborhood that we invested in are renting their SFH at $2950, but they listed them in August/September. We...
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Hi there,
I finally decided to make a profile and join; been lurking in the shadows for too long.
Here is my problem (it's a great problem, but still one I need to make the right decision on):
I bought a five unit...
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Hi all,
Just curious here. I've run into a few agents recently that have been a pain to work with (i.e., not fast enough, incorrect info, etc). For the sake of curiosity, are these agents mandatory in working with th...