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Hi everyone,I just had a question about buying a place to House Hack for my first property, specifically a duplex. The goal is to have move into one apartment and the rent collected from the other apartment pays for t...
I understand swimming pools are usually not a big payoff improvement, however a colleague I greatly respect speaks mountains of them. Is this something I should put some of my seed capital toward on my current flip? T...
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Hello BP, I am looking at property that is on a canal that leads to the Bay. I cant find anything sold or active to compare it to. How much do you add when comping properties on water compared to those on land? I get ...
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Hey BP Community!
I’m currently on the hunt for my first investment property in Colorado, and I wanted to share my experience and hear from anyone who's been navigating the same market. Initially, my goal was to secu...
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Buying more real estate may increase your wealth faster, but at additional risk. Once you have money, even if just over a million, could it be better to reduce your risk rather than adding more risk by going into more...
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So my guess is, the lumber tariff will raise lumber prices, reducing new home construction activity, further tightening an already tight housing supply. Long term, this means RE values will go up. This is just my surf...
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This is concerning a single family residence that I owned in Wichita, KS. I currently live in NM and had this property professionally managed. I had tenants who signed with me back in early 2017 and for the majority o...
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There may already be threads out there on this topic that I have not seen. But what do you find being the best ways to increase rent or generate more income for your SFRs and small MFRs? A few things I can think of at...
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Obviously you guys can't tell me exactly what criteria I should be looking for in a rental property in my area, but as I'm looking for my first investment property I'd love to hear what your criteria are when you're l...
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So I recently just purchased my first rental property. It's owned free and clear no debt but has taxed my expendable capital. I have an opportunity with an investor willing to invest in my rental business for another ...