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Hopefully the title of this post has drawn a few of you in to help me with some serious questions here. I sure do need it. Lets starts with the layout of the situation as it isn't your average investment scenario. Pl...
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I'm Kelly and I'm brand new to the forum! I'm really excited to have found it, as it's already motivated me to pursue my dreams of full time investing. I understand that comes with lots of work though. My...
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Hi Everyone!My name is Shelly I am a real estate agent with Tru Realty in Scottsdale, AZ. I recently left my corporate America job to pursue my passion for real estate.I grew up in Lincoln, Nebraska and was surrounde...
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I keep running into situations where RentOMeter and RentJungle are giving me averages of what rents SHOULD BE. And the current landlord's have rents lower then what I'm seeing. In many of these cases the landlord's ...
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One of my tenants gave me a form from a non-profit here in the San Francisco Bay area offering free energy conservation measures to low-income tenants. It includes measures such as weatherization, new windows, or a fu...
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I was recently approached by a contractor who wants to partner basically I would have to put in either all or some of the money to acquire and to fix a real property how would you say we divide the money that we earne...
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Have any of you guys started off investing commercially first, or did you started residential then merge into the commcercial ?
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Hello BP,I am in the process of applying for our first commercial loan. We have done numerous residential loans since we started investing about 2-3 years ago. The loan is for a multifamily residential property. One l...
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New to this site. But need some advice. On our rental, we have approximately 240 sq. ft. that is completely bare. No grass, just a tree. What would you recommend to place in the back yard since I know the future tenan...
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My assumption is that the best thing is to "simulate" potential risks as well in a sample deal. At the same time am I correct that due diligence and good underwriting can curb much of this in a real scenario? How can ...