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I am an attorney in the Central Valley of California with 5 years experience. I am interested in becoming a real estate broker for commercial properties. About 20-40% of my practice has been real estate related. Th...
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Hello BP Community!I'm Kirstin Miller ready to take the idea of REI into action for my family. I stumbled upon BP a few days ago and find myself totally absorbed. The last three days I've listened to about a dozen B...
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Hey BP,I’m looking at a couple properties in Houston TX. They are flood damaged.... home has been stripped down to studs.... In this type of situation what would rehab costs generally be? This would be my 1st rehab I ...
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Hello Bigger pockets! I am new to the community and a soon to be first time home buyer. My husband and I are in the DMV (Maryland to be more specific), and are seriously considering house hacking. We are also members ...
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I apologize if this questions been answered, searched but can't seem to find this specific question.I recently discovered the idea of REI through flipping land on a podcast hosting Mark Podolsky and later Seth William...
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Currently reading the book Deep Work by Cal Newport where he talks about one major factor to being successful (most of the time) depends on the ability to do deep work. This he notes will provide one the ability to qu...
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I am looking for a general contractor for a home that I am pursuing as my first home purchase. Attached are pictures that I have taken today. The crawlspace pictures show water puddling and some of the beam(s) damage....
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First let me say I believe in paying for training..I like condensed learning curve ..That said I bought a training program a while back called "VA training done for you".. from Rob Swanson. It was super kewl had tons ...
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When will a lender accept a short sale if note is NOT in default? Otherwise, the seller can do a personal note on the difference? Appraised value is 283,000. Owed is 219,000. Offer will be around 190,000.
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Hello everyone, new investor here and was wondering if anyone has some advice for house hacking in Chicago IL or surrounding suburbs,cities ( Berwyn, Cicero, forest park, brighton park etc..) with things like which on...