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I recently started managing a duplex with a single man living in one side and 2 women living in the other side. The water bill last month was $270 and this month it is $353. I'm looking for ideas on how to handle this...
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The November 2017 Central Texas Housing Market Report is out from the Austin Board of REALTORS®. For the second month in a row, single-family home sales increased broadly across the Austin-Round Rock Metropolitan Stat...
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Hi all! I am new to the real estate investment game and am trying to find a way to house hack to start bringing in real estate cash flow. I live with my partner in a very small single family house in Portland, OR (2 b...
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Hi all.
I've been reading a lot lately about institutional REITs and came across this article today: Starwood Waypoint Rises in First Day of Trading as a REIT (Bloomberg).
"Corporate landlords hav...
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The US birth rate has dropped for a 4th year in a row. Will this hurt multifamily real estate over the long term?
If yes, where, when, why?
If no, why not?
"The United States’ birthrate fell for a fourth consecuti...
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Greetings bigger pockets community,
I am a long time BP lurker, first time poster. I was wondering if a newbie could get some general introductory advice from all you intelligent successful people. My long term goal ...
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For those of you that have experienced it what happens to rentals in a crash? I would imagine investors who mainly have rentals would fare better then those flipping. I'm always looking to plan for the worst. If you c...
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I am about to list a property to rent that was built as building with 2 houses (each with 2 bedrooms) connected only at the roof with a drive-through arch below. This "gatehouse" was originally part of a 4-building es...
Hi! I am in the process of trying to purchase my 1st multi family house hack.
My plan is to take a HELOC on my current single family home & rent it out. And move I to the multi-family.
I reached our to a mort...
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Something I heard a while ago is that if renting a home is cheaper than buying it in an area, then most likely that area is in a bubble. For example in my area a single family detached home (4 bedroom, 2-3 bathroom...