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How has the current situation and lockdown changed your investment strategies? With the market temporarily down due to COVID-19 lockdown, what cap rate are you searching for? Level of rehab? Areas? It seems like a lot...
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While trying to buy my first investment property (175K), i am being told by mortgage brokers that I can't get a loan. The primary reasons being given are:
1. I don't have 2-yrs worth of self-employment hist...
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I'm aware of the possibilities for either transferring a property I own in my own name to an LLC or using a land trust to hold title however I'm looking into this more deeply for now while planning to buy an initial p...
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Community, It's a pleasure to join bigger pockets and I'm excited to make my initial post. I'm from Mobile, Alabama(Roll Tide) and I am also an Air Force veteran with excellent people skills and also a background...
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Hi All,I’m considering building a garage/workshop behind one of my SFR properties. There would be access to the garage directly from the alley. The idea is to rent the garage out separately from the house, for use as ...
Hi all,I have a quick question about Brrr vs line of credit. I have a multi family and basically brought it, semi repaired it (was in good condition already for the most part), rented it but did not refinance as I use...
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I curious what people think of syndication vs individual buy and hold. Thinking long-term, syndications are usually 3-9 years at most. This entails extras fees( everyone needs to be paid) and tax consequences - bot...
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We found a great property that already has a tenant. Other than the kitchen, the property is actually in pretty good shape. But in order to get my money back out of it using the BRRR method, I need to update the kitch...
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Hi all. My name is Justin DeCamp and not only am I new to BiggerPockets, but I'm new to real estate investing on the whole. I was introduced to real estate investing and BiggerPockets through a friend and have slowly ...
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Hi all! I'm having a little bit of head knowledge vs gut feeling conflict and I'd love to hear some different takes on my situation. I currently work a full time job with minimal time for deal hunting in our fairly to...