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When looking to purchase your first investment property, would you prefer a short term or long term rental plan?Would love some pros and cons! Thanks!
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As a bit of background, I live in Los Angeles, my investments consist of sfh in Ohio and one vacation rental here in California. Before I began investing, I got my CA real estate license (Its now expIred), signed on w...
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This may be the strangest thing I have ever encountered in my time as a landlord. Here's a little background info: This property is managed by my property manager. It is rented at the highest amount it ever has been. ...
Houston, TX. I decided to jump in and buy a house and now I feel like I have backed myself into a corner. I bought a single family house with a detached apartment for $250,000. I'm living in the apartment and renting ...
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Below is a chart of the interest rate on the 10 year going back to 1880. As we all know the 10 year is a reasonable benchmark for mortgage rates. In other words, or what matters to investors, the 10 year determines ...
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So, I hope this doesn't come off as whining or complaining. I'm purchasing a property in a few days, an up and coming neighborhood that is rife with rehabs and perfect for flipping.
I'm trying to get my costs estima...
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Hi everyone. So my husband and I had been aggressively paying off our mortgage with the goal of saving up for a rental property after that, but with all of the information here and after talking with some investors at...
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BiggerPockets Community,This is directed at those of you who are interested in the 203K loan. Done one or more 203K loans? Great! Share a success or horror story!Never done one? Also great! Hopefully my post can get...
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Hi I’ve recently become interested in finding way to invest my money. I’m already in the stick market but the more I read it sounds like real estate is a great way for me to invest in my own. I’m here wondering what i...
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Hi Everyone!
I am really happy to have found these forums. It's good to hear from others with the same interests and it's really interesting and informative and fun to read the newbie experiences and the experienced i...