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Welcome to A Skeptical Real Estate Dude, my weekly post here in BP, coming at you live from Nashville, TN. Every week I write a brief, hopefully insightful, dive into real estate and financial markets, for all you tub...
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I'm updating a 1950s 2/1 900SF home in South Carolina. The electrician suggests upgrading to a 200 electrical service entry with through the roof mast and relocate existing circuits into a single EXTERIOR 40-space 200...
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HI there, does anyone know whether which VoIP to use makes any difference to the business credit building process? I'm reading this post from a few years ago: https://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/22/topics/180676-how-...
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Hey guys I am going to start wholesaling and flipping with a local mentor, and he told me to get a secondary phone number to use for business. I have tried getting a google number but the only ones I could find used a...
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It's a banner week for our fledgling development business. After 3.5 years we have permits for a 17 unit redevelopment project.We had hopes that we would break ground within a year of buying the property....that fell...
Hello,I was wondering if using part of proceeds from sale of original property to payoff mortgage on that property can be accounted for on form 8824? Say you sell investment property A for 100,000 and you have 20,000 ...
As a newbie investor around the Denver metro area, I've noticed that the 1% rule never applies to the current prices of our market. If you are not utilizing the basic 1% rule, what are some other rules/ways you use to...
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We're looking into raising money and purchasing an apartment building. If I were to purchase a home again where I live in Southern Florida, I would buy on or near the beach, because I see the value in location. Does...
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Hi, This is my first visit to this site and I would like to ask a few questions to the pros.
I have an investment house in one of the historic districts of Ft Worth. I was forced to rent it rather than sell so this i...
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When qualifying a property, why does it matter how much it is under water if the bank will still only be able to get the highest bid at auction? Isn't the bank just as likely to accept a short sale vs going through a ...