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Wow! Love this forum! I've wanted to invest in real estate for over a decade, but I never really had the stability to do it.
My family and I live in the Springfield, MO area. We've been renting out our prev...
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I’ve had 8 properties for close to 10 years and never had an issue so probably lucky maybe. I just received a letter from an attorney in the mail that there was an incident at one of my rental properties where the ten...
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New wholesaler here and my question is how does one select the neighborhood to drive in when driving for dollars. I often find that many neighborhoods are either too nice and don't have any distressed proprieties or ...
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Just curious. It may have to do with the neighborhood in general or a house close to your property with shady characters or animals or ????
I do on occasion out of general principal but I don't advertise the fact to ...
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I am a bit concerned , my wife works downtown , a nurse at Hopkins . I think its a powder keg ready to explode . They held the fans in the stadium at the baseball game due to rioting . I remember as a kid the riots i...
Since December I've ran into a few problems while trying to invest. The biggest problem was me not wanting to invest in California because of our market. I'm now past that and very close to diving into my first purcha...
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I house hacked by the room for 4 years. As a landlord I’ve had some situations I never thought I would experience.I would like to know the crazy stories of others. I definitely have improved a lot my screening process...
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Hey all! Been awhile since I posted and glad to be back.
I have extensive experience on short term holds and am now looking to get into long term holds, specifically vacation rentals Airbnb/VRBO etc. I’m open to b...
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Hi BP community,I manage a multi-tenant retail strip (9 units). The property is fairly new (4 years old). I am seeing some black spots in sidewalks, curbs, some dirt built up in parking lot so I am thinking it's tim...
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I have been doing my homework and learning about the nuts and bolts of real estate investing and realized that I don't have a very good handle on selecting where to invest. I've looked at several areas - both local a...