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When times were good many newbie investors would buy property from banks promising that the property would be "owner-occupied" meaning the bank would give the new owner a better interest rate since it assumed that per...
Hi everyone! My name is Krysta and I am a new investor. I live with my boyfriend, two sons age 12 and 17, and three dogs in a beautiful rural area of norther Harford County MD ( about 40 minutes north of Baltimore).
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Hello BP worldI am 4 months in on rehabbing my first rental property which is much longer than I expected. A large reason is due to the fact that my first child was born about 5 days after I closed on it so my time wa...
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Hello all, Even though I have been on Bigger Pockets for sometime now, this is indeed my first post on here. Part of why that is, is because I have decided this year to take RE investing seriously. I am mainly interes...
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Newbie question here – I have tenants whose 12 month lease will be up this spring. My property manager recommended going month to month after this least is up, which took me by surprise. My thought would be wouldn’t...
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I am currently looking at a value-add office building. The value is converting the current tenants who are all on a month-to-month lease into annual leases and filling current vacancies. Most tenants...
Hi,I'm new to real estate investing, been reading on and off for the last year and a half. Trying to do this with a full time job is no joke. I'm in the Leesville, Louisiana area, Alexandria and Lake Charles are both ...
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Hello,I have a client who can’t purchase a home right now due to issues with an ongoing divorce, but she needs to get a new place ASAP. I am not too familiar with rent to own, but I thought that could be a solution fo...
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To The BP Community,How do you go about evaluating the right agent to assist you in either the buying or selling transaction of your deals and eventually working with them long term? Especially if you are doing deals ...
Hey Everyone! My name is Rosemary and I have always been interested but I have just recently committed to this interest. I literally just finished my real estate course over this past weekend and now taking the time ...