Finding the Deals
• Place this classic ad in your local paper’s real estate section to appear on Sunday: If you can afford to run 7 days a week, then you won’t miss any sellers who need to act fast, Negotiate with th...
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Hi Everyone!My name is Darius Falahkhir and I think that I should stop "lurking" around the site and finally introduce myself! I am an aspiring investor from the the San Francisco Bay Area, more specifically, Burlinga...
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/rogervaldez/2020/01/07/prediction-for-2030-a-government-take-over-of-rental-housing/What are your thoughts???
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Why I'm Triggered
Every week I read stories on social media about someone’s unfortunate situation driven by the increasing cost of housing and wages that have not kept up….and I’m sick of it.
Part of me wants to mes...
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Does anyone have serious experience with using the Infinite Banking Concept or Bank on yourself concept to invest in real estate? The only people I talk to that love it are trying to sell me policies.I am having diffi...
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Ok, so we had to close on a deal that was meant to be a contract assignment. Here are the numbers:
ARV 110k
Repairs 20-25k
Rent 950-1000
Originally asking 35k
Bought for 20k, had to repair the back extension (mechanic...
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Hello BP Family,I was recently speaking with a buddy here on BP that is new to the game and is worried about how he is going to replace his and his wife's income. He just had a new baby in February (congrats Andy!) an...
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I'm new-ish to REI, with one single family home purchased last spring so far. That has gone very well, and we are looking at stepping up the game to a Multi Family. The one I have my eye on is 6 units (two triplexes n...
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I don't quite understand the american ideal sometimes; now here i go. i'm starting this because it was request, i understand we all come from different places and look at the same situations differently but please no ...