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Hello everyone, first post here! I am looking to start purchasing multi-family real estate to start building my portfolio. About 5 years ago I got into my personal home for a great price. I now have about 500,000 equi...
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How can you do a 15 year loan to ensure your home is paid off in the 15 years? Higher interest rate and/or more money down?
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Hey all,Working on a deal for a duplex that is currently being rented out. The duplex rents at higher-level vacation prices to athletes training in the area - they come for anywhere from 1 week to 6 months at a time. ...
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I know there are quite a few Pigeon Forge & Gatlinburg investors on here, so I thought I’d seek your advice here. I have a 2 bed/2 bath cabin with a pool table currently in a small game room. I’m thinking about mo...
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I just bought my first rental property near Johns Hopkins in Baltimore - a nice 3bed/2bath about 1500 square feet. The house has forced air heat, but no cooling. I'm debating putting in A/C but I'm guessing to run t...
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Investment Info:
Single-family residence buy & hold investment.
Purchase price: $165,000
Cash invested: $15,000
My most recent investment is a single-family home I purchased a few blocks away fro...
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From the Kansas city, MO/KS area. How costly would it be to renovate both units for another 1/2 bath. For some reason in my area there are a ridiculous amount of properties with 3 or 4 bd and only 1 bathroom. This see...
Hello Community!
I’d appreciate some guidance on a few matters regarding my investment properties.
I recently purchased several properties in the following locations:
• Ft. Lauderdale, FL
• North Palm Beach, FL
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Has anyone added a storage shed to the backyard of your house/multi to rent out to tenants? I’m doing a garage conversion on a duplex I own and thinking of adding storage sheds to the backyard for storage. There will ...
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I'm looking at a duplex that currently has separate furnaces, both being boilers with radiant heat (radiators, not ceiling, floor or baseboard). The second story unit can easily be converted from a 1BR to a 3BR to max...