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Hello BP community,I'm currently attempting to figure out how to accurately "guesstimate" the amount of closing costs for a residential property. I understand that closing costs include fees incurred by the title co...
So I am preparing to start my real estate journey as many people do...wholesaling. I have been broadly learning real estate and strategies for the past 2 years and am prepared to finally get some skin in the game. T...
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Happy 4th BP'ers!Would love feedback on which site you prefer and why for property information. AND...if there are others (realtor.com), let me know. I know the zestimates aren't that reliable. Looking for feedback on...
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I learned that real estate investing depends heavily on the accuracy of the phone numbers and contact information you skip tracing.Keep in mind that you are cold calling apartment owners. Therefore, you can have the b...
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I received the following email earlier today from NAR reguarding the IRS wanting to eliminate 1031s. There ia a survey Link in the email, please fill this out if you would like NAR to fight to keep 1031s. I have no...
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I have recently been seeing this quite a bit more lately and have been debating on how I should approach this in my own investing. I am regularly doing my numbers for maintenance on a deal and have been trying to dete...
Has anyone used awning.com to estimate income on short term rentals to analyze a deal? Wanting to know if its closely reliable to use it to avoid being overly optimistic on a property. Thank you!
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Newbie here, about to go live with our first STR. is there a site with some email templates/examples? Initial communications, day of arrival, post stay message, etc?
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Hey all, wondering if any of you guys have any advice on how to deal with an uncooperative seller. Just had an offer accepted on my very first investment property and I'm already dealing with some issues I had not fo...
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To my BP family,When I am running my pro forma on a potential investment property, I always get stuck on whether or not my expense numbers are correct. I can accurately estimate utility costs as most util companies ha...