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Hello, My husband and I are New to BP and Real Estate Investing. We are interested in purchasing 2-4 unit homes in the Minneapolis area. We recently discovered there is a home within our family that may not have a t...
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Hey All,I am getting ready to close on my first investment property. It is a SFH and our strategy is long term buy and hold. My brother and I are going in together and are excited but also some what cautious. We did o...
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Hello Everyone,
I am looking for some advice on how to proceed with my first home purchase.
My girlfriend and I are looking to purchase a duplex in Wisconsin. I graduated from college in May of 2012. I ...
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We recently bought (at auction) and fixed up an ~$85K (post-reno) townhouse (2 large BR, 2 full + 2 half bath) in a nicer Dayton, Ohio, suburb. We have tenants in place on a one-year lease currently ($950/month), whic...
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Hi, I recently bought a SFR with a detached garage. The plan is to convert the garage to a rentable ADU. I am in the stage of finalizing the plans before sending over to the city.I am contemplating either a 1Bed1Bath ...
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I am using Cozy.co to do my background checks among other things. While the credit check normally comes out instantly the background checks are taking up-to 5 days (for someone with past issues). Cozy.co uses another ...
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Here's a website I found helpful (Make sure to scroll down link's page to view all):
http://www.homewyse.com/costs/index.html#landscapeOther
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There is a mortgage payment strategy that says to pay half of the mortgage payment on the 1st/15th of the month and the 2nd half on the 15th/30th depending on the due date of the payment. This reduces the amount of i...
Curious to know if anyone is successful in land contracts? If so, which market is hot for this and who would I talk about to acquire such a deal? Thanks.
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I have a couple of past due tenants (include 2 who have moved out). I want to report to the Credit Bureaus -- has anyone used Rent Recovery Service or any of the other services?