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Hey Everyone,There has been some good discussion about Gastonia lately, particularly in this thread started by @Johnny Szeto. While there has been some excellent discussion and some anecdotal evidence shared by @Ty...
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Hi,Listening to some of the podcasts and reading the blog, I keep feeling this inner red flag that keeps popping up in me. I get the feeling that a lot of folks are advocating being over leveraged and taking on an un...
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I'm super green with everything to do with REI. I'm more excited than fearful at this point which is why I know I'm ready to jump in and look for my first investment property. I started learning more about real estate...
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AS all you know I am not all that keen on newbies thinking the road to real estate rich's is paved through wholesaling. And today I just paid a 100,000. assignment fee.. can't think of any bigger at least that I knew...
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I am analyzing a deal to buy a freestanding Dollar General with a 6.3% cap rate and triple net lease with ten years left. I was excited about the deal until I visited the property and saw that there was a Dollar Gener...
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I am brand new to real estate investing, but I’ve been listening to BiggerPockets podcasts for the past 3 months and I read 2 of Robert Kiyosaki’s books. But when I told one of my family members about my interest in ...
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Would anyone be able to offer any specifics on how they use the MLS to find deals (specifics as opposed to generalizations)?
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Are there any “need to read” books that you would suggest I read before making my first deal? I have some time before my first deal as I’m only a senior in high school but Ive always taken interest in real estate and ...
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This may be a stupid question but I wanted to get some feedback from the community. We are rehabbing our third rental property and I have a handyman doing most of the work. One of the things I needed him to do wa...
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I got renewal quotes on 2 of my investment properties in Tampa this week. Last year I paid $1475 in premiums for the 2 houses combined, but the quotes this year came in at about $2200. That's about a 40% YoY increase!...