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Hi BP Community!My wife and I recently decided that our first home purchase is going to be a house hack. I work in finance (read really long hours), in downtown Manhattan, so having a short commute is a must. My wife ...
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I purchased my home in Elgin Tx in November while rates were low thinking we would be at the home for a while. We will need to move for work ...but where we purchased our home for 312xxx in November, the similar homes...
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I have a plan to build out a duplex community, 6 duplexes (12 units) on 1 acre of land that cannot be subdivided. The original idea had been to subdivide the land and build 3 quad-plexes but I met with the city and th...
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Hi all!So I'm looking to get into my first deal within the next coming months. I've been looking OOS (Jacksonville FL and Kansas City) and while these are both great options, I'm looking to build a little bit more wea...
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Currently renovating my kitchen and I am curious as to the timeline I should be expecting my GC to finish. Yes I understand it depends on a lot of things, but I just need the floors redone, add a 30’ counter, add a di...
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How do you guys recommend setting up property operating accounts (e.g.; checking) for multi-family apartments? Do you have an operating checking account for each property? One account for all your properties? #AskBP
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Does it make sense to invest for total return? A property that I am considering is very tight on cash flow, capital appreciation is slow in the area but the property is in great shape, is never vacant and I can ow...
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I am new to the site and forums and relatively new to investing in real estate in general. Thankfully I am not new to the industry or investing in general because I have experience in title research and in investing i...
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Being relatively new to the game (working on our second flip), we do not have a big list of contractor connections yet. So we've been using google, references, craigslist, etc to find potential contractors (plumbing,...
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So let me get this straight... Hypothetically speaking you own Investment Property #1 that has $70k of equity in it. Obviously you are always looking for your next investment (#2). So with that being said, you can use...