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Hi All,I'm just getting started on my real estate investing journey and i'm trying to figure out where to start looking. I'd like to employ a multi-family buy and hold strategy and I don't have a lot of cash to inves...
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Hi,My tenant didn't pay August and September rent plus water bill from Feb to now.She is a elderly and sick.At beginning of August, I was trying to contact her but her phone didn't accept any income call.I called cond...
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Hello, I'm looking to start investing in rental properties in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan in Marquette County beginning with house hacking multifamily homes using the VA loan. I've used the rental calculator enoug...
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Many books that I read have mentioned about making an apartment deal with a 80-20 loan structure. Some of them even suggested the 20% down can be using private money and some could be carried back by the seller. I pok...
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Hello everyone. I am under contract on a duplex in a good area of Springfield, Ohio. Current rents are well below market @ $460 and $500 a side. The exterior of the property is in excellent shape but the interior does...
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All I hear from investors anymore is how bad it is to be a landlord and how unexpected expenses come up and really hurt you and how cash flow really isn’t cash flow and you need to account for this and that…….
I...
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Hello BP family, what have you found to be the best way to collect rent? I'm closing on my first deal soon and currently some of the tenants have paid cash through PayNearMe. But that service is not available to sole ...
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Hello BP Community,I'm not exactly new to BP but haven't been very involved in the past. I recently upgraded to being a Pro Member because my wife and I have finally made the decision and commitment to becoming real e...