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Hi BP community! Finally ready to jump into the real estate investing world!I'm from Indianapolis, Indiana. Hoosier through and through. I've come to realize I want more for my family and myself. Time, money, travel, ...
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When you buy and hold property do are your rehab numbers come closer to the rental or retail side of things?
One train of thought I come across is to go ahead and do a full retail rehab while you rent it, if the du...
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How to find a deal, rehab a deal, contracts, closings, permits etc etc etc, I have it all down like a science, in fact in my area I am one of a handful who pioneered and are "the" experts at the science. But when i...
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Hey Everyone! I am planning on buying my first vacation rental property this Spring and I am really hoping to work as a STR property manager to gain experience and make an income while my business is growing. Does any...
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This is one for the experts. What are you seeing????I have been playing in the Detroit market, have posted some my cash cows. Sure the returns are nice, as long as you have good tenants, and good property management i...
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Hi! I'm new to BP. I stumbled across the podcast while renovating my single-family rental unit, which was actually perfect timing. I think I know what I'm going to do with this rental (owned it 15 years) but I'd love ...
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Hello all, I recently purchased my first investment property and I’m happy with it! Although, it took quite a bit of my reserves and I’m curious to hear some of you guys stories on how you rebuilt your capital in orde...
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Hi everyone, this is my first post. I live in Boston and am an aspiring buy-and-hold-investor. The prices here are ridiculous. I'd prefer to rent to college kids. Usually they are getting the money from their parents,...
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Hello good people of Bigger Pockets!
My name is Paul. I've been interested in real estate investing for while now. I've been learning as much as possible in the last year while I work on a first deal.I have a general...
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it looks like a hopless situation for me.I had all of my life savings put in Yucca Vally short term rentals In early 2022. got 4 nice villas at 20% equity. then 2 things happened: rates went up and demand for vacatio...