In the process of purchasing my first turnkey property out of state. Just got the home inspection report, and it sounds like a disaster. Water damage on the ceilings, wood rot, old HVAC, questionable roof, dead mice...
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At this point I'm contributing 6% of my pay and getting 3% match by my employer. That's the max they will do.
The way I look at it, the company match basically protects my contribution from inflation, and any fund i...
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You hear so much (I guess from the gurus and course sellers) about how “predictable” the cash flow is from rental properties. Well I adamantly disagree. You have a maintenance issue…unpredictable cash flow. Your insur...
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Hello everyone! Just wanted to introduce myself a little as i have read through this site many times and decided to finally make a jump in my life and start investing in real estate.My name is Carlos and i play profes...
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Hi everyone, I'm looking into entering a very niche market of providing a "Crash pad" to military officers going through long training courses. These individuals are on 3-5 month assignments, and are reimbursed for ho...
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Hello All! This is my first time posting here on the forums and am excited to be here. I have been listening to the BG Podcast for some time now and have been working out my strategy for investing. I will be investing...
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Good evening fellow investors and community members,I am wondering what are some of the obvious and not so obvious reasons that properties sit on the market for extended periods of time.For example, sometimes when loo...
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I think this is worse than smoking. Prejudice?
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Hi everyone! Advice is greatly needed. I am relatively new in my real estate investing journey but I am ready to dive in. I stumbled upon a 107 unit portfolio sale spread out across up and coming areas of Philadelphia...
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Hi BP community, This isn't the first time I'm doing a cash buy for properties, and I have never purchased a survey for properties before. However, this time it is different, I am buying a trustee sale. Should I purch...