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Last year I considered gifts, but didn't do it. Yesterday I did, and it was a lot of fun. I took my 18 YO daughter and 4 and 5 YO sons to Costco, then to 14 tenant homes across 3 counties delivering cookies. Hones...
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Hello BP members. Just want to thank you all for posting such great information. With my research and help from you all I was able to get ny very first home under contract within 3 weeks of me learning and still learn...
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But the good news is that we DO qualify for a 100% VA loan and we CAN afford a small house! :lol:
Dh and I are 22 yrs old and i have the real estate bug although i've never done anything with it. Yes i am scared. W...
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I want to buy some rentals and hold and get the cash flow from the properties and im confused how to go about this. I was reading the Cashflow vs Appreciation thread for the longest and assumed that i can buy some che...
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I am in the process of loan shopping. Can anyone tell me if it's possible to avoid so many credit inquiries when loan shopping, or just purchasing period? If I'm buying 5-6 houses per year, that could be very ugly o...
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Well that was a new one. Totally amateur hand made sign so I thought I had a good lead on a FSBO. Turned out to be a wholesaler trying to tack $10,000 onto a house that has been listed for $15,000 too much for the l...
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Hello everyone. My name is Traver Freeman, I'm new here and I live in San Diego. I did a quick search and there seems to be lots of new folks from San Diego in the past few months. So hello from another one!My wife an...
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First flip & the death of a partnership: Metro Orlando
First flip in Metro Orlando with photos! For my purposes, I define Metro Orlando as everything within a 1-hr commute to downtown Orlando. I use this definiti...
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I just turned 45 in May and finally bought my first rental property this past March 2019. My wife and I started our own vacation rental business . Although this is the slow season in Big Bear Lake Ca, where our STR ...
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I keep reading about these homes that you can pick up for $15-$30K and that you can rent for around $600/month.
I'm wondering if they will ever see any appreciation, or at the very least hold value.
Are these homes j...