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The lack or inattentiveness of safety in short-term rentals is appalling!! Over the weekend 3 people died at a STR in Outer Banks due to a house fire, and it seems like every couple of months we hear of more people dy...
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This might warrant some raised eyebrows but I always asked myself the same question: If real estate is a great way to become wealthy, why isn't everyone doing it?Now I'm not saying investing in real estate is easy, be...
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I’m 19, I have 5k saved, credit built for nearly a year and I’m eager to get into the real estate business but I don’t know where to exactly start. I know people say to just jump in otherwise all the knowledge I’ve le...
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I'm totally prepared to get my ass grilled based on the title of this thread but that's fine. Please share your honest opinions. Here is the situation:
- I'm a complete car nut. I spend a lot of my free time research...
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I've been on the Dave Ramsey bandwagon for the last several years. His advice definitely worked to get us out of debt and allow us to save a pile of cash. But as I look to get more into real estate investing, there's ...
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Looking to get feedback from others that have 1031 into DST Delaware Statutory Trust.We have tons of equity, low debt, fully depreciated, and I have been dealing with toilets, trash, and tenants, for 20 years...I ofte...
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Much of what I hear about wholesaling is to build a buyers list and go find properties to fill those buyer's purchasing criteria. In other words, be sort of an order fulfillment company.
However, 98% of property sal...
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Hi everyone... I'm new to this forum, thanks for having me.I'm in a little bind and need some help related to a 1031 exchange where a Qualified Intermediary is holding $113,344.93 of my money. Looking for some advi...
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Recent tenant eviction, although they are rare in my world, they do occur once in a while, this one was like no other one before, tenants of (3) years, stopped paying the rent, we had to evict the tenant, the tenant m...
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Hey BP!I just wanted to share some super exciting news with you guys! I started Real Estate Investing at the end of Dec, 2015 and joined Bigger Pockets around the same time. While working a Full Time job as a Wells F...