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I love to see the success stories on BP, but it’s also important to learn from mistakes in the past – and better to learn from someone else’s mistake than your own! Without sounding negative, lets spill some of our...
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Here's an article: https://www.wsj.com/articles/t...With rent rates increasing dramatically, a housing shortage around the country, and new generations that feel entitled, I suspect we'll see more of these. I find it ...
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Howdy BP community,
I'm helping my parents navigate a retirement real estate purchase, as they look to flee the scorching summers of Texas (also apparently winter-storm-ravaged at this point). Right now they are co...
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I hear this ALOT...
"I had a great PM company, paid them $X but they are gone, had to fire them. They were great in the beginning and then..."
What makes them great at the beginning?
What are the biggest let downs?
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Hello,
I currently live in California and am looking to buy my first rental and trying to decide which state and strategy I should pursue to start.
A little about me:
-W2 (remote) - not sure how long will last, so ...
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I mailed 500 yellow letters to out of state property owners. The mailer should have arrived in mailboxes around 3-4 days ago. So far I have received 2 call from the mailer. I used a standard yellow letter. No modi...
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I'm looking to see if we could compile a list of the top 5 mistakes made by landlords. I'll throw out a few and hopefully we can come to some kind of consensus.
Note - to all who participate,...
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Welcome back our Question of the Week!
We took a short break from our weekly question while we rolled out the new forum design. Thank you to those who have provided feedback for continued improvements. Our community ...
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I've been a hardcore follower of Dave Ramsey and have done his Debt Snowball in the past and it was very rewarding. The problem was that I started to veer in the past 4 years and take on more debt such as buying a La...
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Here's a provocative video...explaining we have a real estate bubble right now in 2014. When do you think this bubble will pop? Back in 2005 (after hurricane Katrina hit), I predicted a real estate collapse as well bu...