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I have been looking to buy my first buy and hold rental for about 18 months. I have enough cash on hand for a 20-25% downpayment and a contingency fund. I have an area and investment strategy in mind but when I went t...
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All,I'm interested in investing in a technology within the real estate space. It is very early stage. It utilizes new materials and new methods for constructing the envelope of a house in a very environmentally friend...
Has anybody here invested in any of the biodiesel production companies that are up and coming? What kind of returns are you seeing? I looked into it before we moved out of Iowa, but never was able to actually make t...
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Hi BP,I am starting a website to attract leads while also educating them so I am their source of info and can find their best option. I plan on using wordpress and host gator. I don't care if the site is aesthetically...
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If you buy a house from the 1st lien holder, do you inherit the person on the lien?There's a house I may be able to buy from a lender with an interest only loan. The buyer is way behind on payments and cant catch up. ...
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Hello all! I hope everyone is having a nice holiday rest.Going over my rentals for the season, it struck me that the major listing services (like VRBO, HomeAway, AirBnB, etc) are getting way too comfortable after hav...
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Last Friday, the Treasury released their Proposed Regulations [REG-115420-18] on Opportunity Zones - possibly the best tax shelter created, ever! At Marcum, we are hard at work putting together insights as we peruse t...
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Hello BP Community!I am educating myself on REI and learning what it would take to pull something like this off. I see where some pieces would need to fall for me to begin down this path, but I am concerned that I wou...
Funny but not so funny occurrence --Im a new landlord and my tenants just moved in today. I got a call that the bathtub wasn't draining. I asked them to use the drano I provided first. They did and said it didn't work...