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I started marketing to absentee owners a couple months ago. Have made a few offers but no deal yet.
Ultimately I want to be a buy and hold investor.
Lets say I got a house under contract and I thought i...
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Hey! Anyone out there have experience buying mixed use properties in smaller towns? I'm specifically interested in "main street" properties with a downstairs retail space, upstairs apartment(s).
If you know of anyone...
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Hello Bigger Pockets Community,
I'm currently in the process of considering purchasing my first primary home and I'm exploring the option of creative financing. The seller seems motivated to sell, which has piqued my...
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I am one-week out from closing on my first STR. I have already lined up a professional property manager (the STR is out-of-state) and a design team (we are upgrading every room in the house and adding a ton of ameniti...
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Hello Everyone,My wife and I recently finished our first live in flip and, thanks to covid, where able to walk away with a little over 100k in profit. We relocated back to the bay area with family and decided to both ...
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I currently live in a Duplex that we house hack, living in one unit and renting the other. This was purchased in December 2023 and I am trying to Tax plan for the coming year.1. I have heard from others that you shoul...
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Hello all,
Just over one month ago I finally closed on my first multi-family property. It is a 6 unit property in Jersey City. Below are the income / expense numbers & acquisition costs...
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This is probably a very commonly asked question, "Show I rent out my house?". In 4 years I am planning on upgrading to a bigger house. I have a solid 3/2 house in a town with 2 colleges.
I am thinking about using a...
I'm a new investor in Richmond, VA that is looking to get into real estate in 2016. I am trying to do a lot of research and find how to locate opportunities and what pit falls to avoid.Any experienced investors with i...
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Today For the last several months I've been analyzing properties listed for sale in the Tower Grove and select South City areas of Saint Louis to buy and hold. Very few are meeting the 2% rule though some pass using t...