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Hi fellow biggerpockets colleagues!!!!...I have been studying various markets looking to make my first solo rental property investment for quite sometime and living in expensive markets (i now reside in DC) without a ...
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I'm new to the REI and do not have access to the MLS yet. Is it safe to use Trulia, Zillow or Realtor.com for my comps, if I'm using them all? I"m also using the county assessor site to get assessment price from th...
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I have been using Podio for over 4 years and this System Outage is the longest I've seen. Just about every aspect of my company is in Podio, we have roughly 20 apps that we use on a daily basis. It is crippling to g...
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Will be interesting to see how this plays out as the trade wars heat up, snippet of the article below:Chinese investors have become net sellers of U.S. commercial property for the first time in a decade, reflecting Ch...
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Hi Everyone! Was hoping for some feedback on a possible purchase of a SF. Basement is unfinished (😊) So turning into a Multi Family. I've ran the numbers a few times but would love some feedback. I guess this might b...
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Found a Freddie Mac REO property that was in great shape.My agent provided me comps from the last 6 months between $274,000 and $305,000 so I thought getting this property for $199,900 before it went to the investor p...
When I did my first deal I got my comps from online websites such as Trulia. Of course, that did not go so well and the price turned out to be very high. Now I have a realtor who pulls MLS comps on a wide range of pro...
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Hi all,Starting this week, I am going to begin weekly market updates for the San Francisco Bay Area, East Bay specifically (Pleasanton, Livermore, Dublin, San Ramon, Oakland, Berkeley, San Leandro, Hayward, Fremont et...
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Here's a quick market recap for the Austin area during the week of April 2 to April 9. The largest outlier is the high number of temporarily off market properties in the residential for sale market. This time last ye...
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Hey everyone. I wanted to share a quick update.
Nobody knows how the coronavirus is going to hit real estate investors.
But here’s one thing I’m seeing in my business right now…
The other day, I asked my team to an...