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I went to the Smokies last week to check on a few properties, meet with my management team, and do some fly fishing. Here are my observations:
Gatlinburg was still relatively busy, but not like a typical summer. Se...
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what happens when locals can’t afford to live like locals?Kinda sad when you think about it. Great read. Good perspective.Did Airbnb Kill the Mountain Town?https://www.outsideonline.com/2198726/did-airbnb-kill-mount...
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Investment Info:
Single-family residence buy & hold investment.
While rates were near all time lows, we bought a home that we could reside in and rent out the backyard detached living garage space. We lo...
Hello Team BP! I've completed my Sales Agent courses and am set to test for my Texas License in the next 30-45 days. Since I'm still dependent on my W-2 income, I'd like to start Part Time as a Listing Agent, meeting ...
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As a Canadian resident and recent flip investor I will be travelling to the United States next week to visit my properties (which are in the final stages of completion) and to have meetings with my hard money lender, ...
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I wanted to start a local RE investors meet up group in my area and wanted to see if anyone knows of any books or sites that I can do some research on how I would get one started?
Any advice or help would be apprec...
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I pulled a 10K lead list from Propstream, but 80% of the list was not viable for one reason or another once call center began calling. Either they were scrubbed by National DNC, or not available, or wrong number. Besi...
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The BiggerPockets Facebook Page as of now only has 1,385 followers. Given our community of 62,000 and the 180,000+ monthly visitors to our site, I think we can do a whole lot better!
We use the BP Facebook account t...
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I'm curious to hear from the Realtors out there, what are your challenges and frustrations with holding an open house for your clients? Is it the prep, the set up, the waiting? Let's hear the good, the bad and the ugly.
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It’s not an actual question, just wrapping my head around my stupid neighbor. From previous posts, the office sent violation to her after frequent visitor is pretty much sleeping over and not on the lease. She had a...