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Hey BPZillow seems like it could be a very useful tool for searching for real estate and gleaning a blind estimate for locations value and rental income.My question is, just how accurate are these "Zestimates"? Especi...
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I'm curious to see how much of a myth the 1st Deal actually is.The Myth I'm referring to is "get your first deal and it's off to the races". As a new investor, I the more I listen to podcasts (and not just BP's) the m...
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Can those of you who are investors that have property management companies tell me why you chose to use one? Doing some research and would love your insights?If you chose not to, then tell me why?
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Whether tis nobler to fix and flip to outrageous fortune, or to landlord and wade into the sea of trouble.....
....my apologies to the bard........
I've seen so many references to "burned out land...
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Hey, I'm looking to start investing in real estate and a little unsure of where to start. I want to do long term buy and hold investing of rental properties so that I can have an additional stream of income at reti...
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I had a series of unfortunate events happen to 3 my properties this year:1) one property, my first tenant ever, moved out because they bought their own house so I saw my first year's cashflow go out the door due to tu...
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Hello everyone,
I’m a new BP listener and member. My husband and I are both in the military and we are living overseas. We are looking into buying an investment property in the states, but don’t know how to get start...
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I'd imagine there's a board with this, or a similar amount already but I couldn't find it... My question is, if you had 80-100K to invest where would you prefer to start? Numerous SFH, just 1 SFH, multi-family, apartm...
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I wanted to get a topic started where we can all share where you are finding your deals. We are all seeing the MLS is not working. I'll start by going over how I'm finding my deals:
1. Direct Mail Marketing to NED ...
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I'm a first time landlord trying to get my place rented with no luck so far
Heres a link to my rental
http://www.rentals.com/Florida/Fort-Lauderdale/r110...