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Hi Bigger Pockets - long time lurker.Part of my procrastination in buying SFR rentals in 2016 has been that my calculations show negative returns, thus no cash flow. The DFW market heated up rapidly in 2013-2016 and h...
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In 2012 we hired a management company to manage one of our out of area properties in Illinois. What initially looked like a great match turned out to be a disaster, and we had to terminate the company after just one m...
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At the end of March I'm going to a wedding in Tucson AZ, and am planning to turn it into a vacation by heading to California from there. Wondering where to go? What to check out? I often fantasize about moving there a...
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I quit my job a year ago and spent the last year flipping and building my rental portfolio. I can't say I'm upset with the way things have gone but I need a steady income to keep everything moving forward. I got my ...
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Hey y'all. I'm Kurt and boy do I understand the phrase "you don't know what you don't know" because, well, I know so vanishingly little about real estate investing that pretty much everything is a recursive "don't kn...
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Hi Guys, I have this crazy idea to sell houses without estate agents. There are numerous benefits to this other then the obviously huge financial benefits as an agents commission on average of 5% is not needed to be p...
I found a 57 unit $4mil property in default, as a newbie should I. I have read all the particulars, analyzed and analyzed. I figure I can get investors to hold the $4mil for 4 years and I sweeten the pot somehow. All ...
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Hello BP! I'm finishing up my 1st investment property and am interested in self managing. What lessons can you share that could help me and other newbies? I've already started a journal with my renovation lessons an...
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There is a lot of information out here on how to become a wholesaler, but I can't see as much for people who want to buy and hold properties at the best price. Would I be correct in saying the following?A wholesaler w...