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I'm planning to use my VA loan to purchase and house hack a duplex . Another investor recommended I still put 20% down for instant equity. Just wanted a 2nd opinion. In my mind, the forced equity is simply my own mone...
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Investment Info:
Townhouse buy & hold investment in Atlanta.
Purchase price: $162,500
Cash invested: $56,000
On Friday March 18, 2022, I closed on investment property #3 🏠. Earlier in the week, o...
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Welcome to BiggerPockets! My name is Leah and I am your Pro Membership Concierge. I’m here to answer your burning questions about our Pro membership. Here’s just a little preview of what our Pro experience offers:
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We have been hosting strs over the past year with great success. This past week we have had over 5 inquiries on one property that were fake inquiries. Has anyone else had a problem with this? Looking for strategies...
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Investment Info:
Single-family residence buy & hold investment in Sacramento.
Purchase price: $417,092
Cash invested: $14,600
This will be my very first owner-occupied house hack, scheduled to cl...
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I have instant booking set up o my AirBNB listing. I state renter must be minimum age of 25 and to provide name and ages of all guests but no way to enforce this o. Airbnb that I'm aware of. I received a new booking...
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Being that BP is based on US laws, rules and regulations, how are you as Canadians, utilizing the information and services from BP to help you in the Canadian market?
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How are the short-term rental / AirBNB investors faring? At what point in the future are you seeing your bookings start to pick back up? Are locals picking up any of the near-term unmet demand? How are pure vacatio...
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With the advent of Rocket Mortgage & other technology apps & alternatives to the traditional service industry of Realtors+Mortgage Loan Originators, will people be ultimately replaced by technology or automati...