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Hello, my name is Richard. I'm 20 years old and am in need of some advice.
I have graduated from college this year and have been studying real estate investing for a while now and feel like I should jump into it. I a...
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I have a friend who wants me to back him in buying a restaurant. He has been to one of the best Chef's schools, has good restaurant management experience, has a good work ethic, is good with people, and is trustworthy...
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I'm a certified general real estate appraiser in Birmingham, Alabama with seven years experience covering the entire state. I've been "planning to get started" investing in real estate for some time now, but haven...
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My wheelhouse is single family and multifamily properties. I am looking to get into smaller commercial net lease properties. The theory is to trade some of our built up equity for less intensive management. This de...
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Hi BP - there may be an obvious answer to this question: do big banks usually lend on commercial assets that are vacant upon purchase? If I plan to purchase the property as is, demo all the structures on the land, and...
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Hello BP! I am reaching out to everyone because I wanted to hear about the different avenues for investing in commercial and what they were.
Is there anything besides multifamily to pursue? What has been the histor...
Hi, I've been considering investing in real estate for the past year. Over the past 3 months I've been reading pretty much anything I can get my hands on regarding rei. It seem as if everyone advises to get your first...
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I have a delima. Go. what would you do if a property you have had your eye on for years. (She is going to give you first options and you have a few months to figure something out. (til this spring) it is a MUST sell-...
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I visited Memphis last week ( 2/7 - 2/10 ) and was blessed to have wonderful weather to tour a wonderful city. My goal was to meet and greet as many of the people that have helped me assemble my portfolio of propertie...
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I am in the process of buying my first multi-family unit. I want to know, is it better to try to lease this property to one of the tenants in hopes they will exercise their option to buy it or is it better to just ren...