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Hi, so me and the wife have yet to purchase our first, here in Oahu HAWAII it isn’t the cheapest, but we have a goal to just get one condo. We want to get it as a first time home buyer with the, I think 3% down, but i...
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The Austin residential real estate market is shrugging off the global pandemic and historic rise in unemployment like Jay-Z brushed off his shoulders in 2003. Here's the breakdown...The biggest news of the week is th...
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I posted this under Indy rather than Indianapolis, so here it is again...OK, here goes...I'm Don Lawlis. I've been lurking here for a couple of months now. Kinda been like drinking water from a fire hose, right? I hav...
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This week, one of the huge fires in California is close to my rental properties, which are a few hours' drive from my home. I was visiting my rentals last week; the sky was ugly with smoke, and everything was blankete...
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Hey BP,Would love to hear what everyones 2021 goals are for their real estate investing business? -Buy your first rental? -Buy a primary residence? -Purchase a certain amount of doors?-Pay off 1 property? 2? 10?Happy ...
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Guys, we are having trouble getting deals. Are you finding stuff?Last week we competed on 150+ units. We had known from the get-go that it was part of a portfolio, but we were hoping, based on broker guidance, that th...
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I have pondered this post more than a few times just because it is a little bit scary to "come out of the closet" as an airb&b host in this city. Folks are so "passionate" about str's right now I am afraid they ar...
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How much is a rough estimate to demo an existing house to build new construction? Existing house of a property we are considering needs so much work I think it would be more beneficial to completely demo and rebuild....
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Do you ever felt like taking a break for a number of months? About a year ago I thought I needed to take about a year off, but didn’t. 🤔Summer is here and it’s like I can’t even go out of town, because I have a number...
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We are new to the community and need some feedback. On the skinny, we brought a cash home in Prentiss, MS 39474 for $20k in July 2023 (3 bd, 1.5 ba, 1 acre). We used the “homeboy remodeling company” and the house stil...