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Hi everyone,As a college student who is graduating this upcoming May, I have a lot of student loans. When I say "a lot," I'm talking 100k... Since my loans vary from 4-7% interest I am strongly considering consolidati...
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Hi All! Just purchased my second investment long-term Hold Property. Because it ended up that I couldnt use an FHA due the proximity of a gas station to the house, my parents decided to own the house with me, contrib...
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I am in my 180-day period for a 1031 exchange with $2mm in escrow and two properties under contract: a stabilizing self storage deal in a small but growing market and a NNN deal with three QSR (two credit quality nati...
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Hi. I’m trying to get advice on how I can determine whether i should keep my new condo for STR or sell it and purchase something in the US. I’m new at this and not sure which option is best long term. Appreciate any g...
Thanks to all the wonderful advice I have found by lurking around on BP for the last few months we are now under contract for our first rental property! It's a 3/1 SFH and we should be closing within the next 2 wee...
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Hey BP community, I've gotten extremely lucky over the past year or two in the crypto space and am looking to diversify my portfolio into more "real" assets. Purchasing real estate (likely for rentals) is the market t...
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I am looking to buy STR in Mexico and I heard you cannot buy properties 54 miles from the coast. In that case, would you buy something on the beach for STR? Has anyone figured out logistics such as cleaning/maintainin...
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I'm not sure how many of you keep track of this, but how many phone calls would you say you have to answer before finding a qualified tenant? Obviously there are other factors in play like your rent relative to marke...
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Hi Team!This is my first post on Biggerpockets. I'm 24 years of age, just got settled into my full time career as an Engineer and now I want to invest in Real Estate. I have a deal on the line right now that I would l...
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I bought a foreclosure in a million dollar neighborhood. I live there and rent out the guest apartments and part of the main house. In the next few months, we're going to start the process of renovating the place so...