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HEY EVERYONE! I'm new to BP. I have been watching a lot of the videos on the youtube channel and currently reading the book on rental properties (which I love) but just decided to be an active member on this website. ...
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Hello BP Community,I recently started a new direct mail marketing campaign in my Chicago market and wanted to sort of chronicle how it turns out. I actually wanted to post this the first week, but I gave it a little t...
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We all know the saying, “what goes up must come down.” We also know that the real estate market is cyclical. Historically, real estate cycles have lasted 8-9 years. However, we have been experiencing property values g...
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I was debating this the other day with a friend of mine - why is it that investors seem to really be focusing on finding as many deals as humanly possible? It seems like everywhere I turn folks have the strategy of "a...
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How will the new Texas Senate rulings on Wholesaling, Assignments and Double Closes affect your real estate business?If your real estate investor business includes wholesaling, assignments and double closes, you need ...
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Hello everyone,I've been deliberating whether to purchase a vacation home, with the intention to run it as a short term rental preferably within 2-5 hours from Los Angeles where I live. I can not identify a vacation ...
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Hello, what steps do you guys take for long distance properties? my husband and I want to buy a property for our vacation home. We will visit there once~twice a year and meanwhile we want to rent it out as short term ...
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Title says it all. Curious to hear what the lessons you all learned after your first year of landlording.
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I'm an active real estate agent and investor in the Bay Area, almost done with the BRRRR book, and excited to get started building an out-of-state investment portfolio. I have some capital and looking into gett...
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Hey Fellow BP'ers,I've started working with a RE agent in the Sacramento area to help identify possible buy and hold properties <$150k to be rented out. I've even expanded the search to condos with lower HOA fees &...