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Hey BP community,
Excited to join this amazing group of investors! My name is James, and I specialize in the care home and assisted living space. Over the past decade, I’ve built and managed purpose-driven homes in C...
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Even though my unit is considered a condo, it is a 2-story townhome with a basement. I was single 8 years ago when I purchased this home with excellent credit and had more than 50% to put as a down payment (my mor...
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I've been brainstorming on the best way to leverage my employer 401k to scratch out a living.I know there are limits on what you can do with each type of approach when utilizing retirement money. A ROBS is good to ma...
I'm looking at a property that currently has partial commercial zoning and the rest residential zoning. I'm considering buying, building my primary on the back residential portion and holding the commercial for long ...
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I’m currently interested in pursuing a degree in real estate by using my GI Bill I attained from my service in the military and I wanted to ask is it worth it. I currently work a full time job and I plan to do full ti...
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I was doing some research on land trusts and came across the definition of a community land trust. From the Grand Forks Community Land Trust website we see that a CLT is defined as "community-based 501c3 nonprofits wh...
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Ok there are late fees and buyout the lease clauses. We even have a fee associated with a citation for our student rentals but what other fines/fees/disincentives can you enforce? I have a tenant , thankfully she ...
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I am currently rehabbing a 4400 square foot home/building that I will be selling as an ACLF. It is currently zoned to have six ACLF beds but am pretty sure I can get approval for 14 beds. During this rehab, I hav...
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I just ran into an interesting situation. I just got remodeling plans approved by the city, and they gave me a permit, but I was just notified that my plans are in violation of the CC&R's.CC&R's have a setbac...
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Outside of running your own rental and having some cash available. What would you say is the very first step in getting started in commercial real estate (i.e. multifamily or triple net)? It seems like it's a whole ot...