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Does anyone have experience using a HELOC to pay off a mortgage early? I just bought my first property and had never heard of such a concept until I was recently listening to the Real Estate Guys Podcast. I've been li...
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So I'm beginning my career in real estate and I'm very excited!! So far I know I want to focus on single and multi family houses and I'm interested in the buy-and-hold niche as well as flipping. I'm a tad bit confuse...
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Hi BP! So I'm taking a look at the eBook from @Ben Leybovich called 20 Ways to Buy an Investment Property with $2,000 or Less, which you can get here.I heard ben on the podcast a few times, and his words really reso...
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Eight months ago I purchased my first duplex with an FHA loan. I only had to put down $15k, it was great! However I have had a dream of owning large multi-family properties (30 units or more).How do I go from one dupl...
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Hi guys! Ok, so here's the situation....I'm a newbie RE Investor and had plans of going into business with a friend who I've known for over 20 years. This guy has been in the RE business for the past 20 plus years a...
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I have a SFR rental in Utah. It makes about $140/month in cashflow. The city it's in is growing quickly (new hospital, a new high school, businesses, etc.). I would like to free up some cash from the property and I do...
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I have closed a property yesterday that I took a hit on... it was my first loss in 3 years and over 250 transactions that I funded. Take away... BP member good talker bad in execution.. I went and met with him in Atla...
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I've read on here a bit, but I would like to know what is a standard rate for a newbie getting a HML. From looking on the internet I see tons of advertisements saying 8-12%, 2 to 5 points, 6 months to 7 years. Bu...
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For buy and hold investors, to analyze your return, you have to take into account the capex expenses. I really don't know how to handle it.In a recent post, Brandon Turner estimated that 182 $ per month have to be put...
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hi forum members!I would like a chance at gaining something extra for retirement which is in the next 10-15 years and had my eyes on the rental investment market. There are a few properties which have ok- not bad cas...