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A lot has been said about online sales growing in the retail sector and what that might mean for brick and mortar properties. There has been talk of brick and mortar properties being taken over by online.For most reta...
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Hey Baltimore Investors. Wondering if any other Baltimore investors with growing portfolios are struggling to stay on top of rental license renewals and annual MDE registration. For example, the lead registration p...
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What percent of calls made by your VA are answered?
We're pulling our lists from PropStream, then skip tracing with Batch Skip Tracing, and our VA is through VAHub calling on Batch Dialer. We are seeing a 16% answer...
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Hey everyone - new to BiggerPockets and excited to be here. This is my first question ever posted here - is there something out there to crowdsource loan rates people are getting? I spoke a loan originator and they me...
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What are the best sources for absentee owners lists? I am currently driving my areas looking for vacant/deserted properties but I obviously need to find the owners. Since most property that is wholesaled is vacant a...
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Hey everyone! First post and big newbie here. I’m putting together a call list for lenders in my area that I’ll be contacting in the coming weeks. I have yet to complete my first deal and am looking for SFRs or small ...
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Hey everyone! I'm in the refinancing process for a BRRRR deal I just did, and the appraisal came in much lower than my partner & I had anticipated. We felt we had 2 strong comps to justify pricing, which sold in t...
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We had a guess try to extort us for a free stay at our Airbnb. They effectively said they would leave a bad review if we didn't fully refund their stay. When we didn't offer them money back and they left a bad review....
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Okay so I have always been interested in housing/real estate and I work a 9-5 focused on housing. I recently took out a Heloc on my primary home to do a repair and consolidate some debt. Now that that’s done I am look...
In Cook County Illinois.Can I do this?I am considering giving a loan to a guy that bought a two flat for cash and is stalled 1/2 way with his rehab for lack of cash. It will be a owner-occupied two-flat but he can't ...