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Aside from all the wonderful content that BP provides on investing, what is your top recommendation for content on AIRBNBs? We currently have a long-term rental but now looking to get involved in short terms. Please s...
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Hey BP family,I have been doing a lot of study about the BP calculators (especially the Buy and hold), that Brandon Turner has developed. My question is if I input all of the information as accurate as is possible int...
Hello fron NJ, in beginning stages of researching real eatate investing, i see being a realtor or a realtor assistant, to have access to MLS seems very important. All state laws differ a little it seems. I am not posi...
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Folks - I set up a local Houston meetup group on meetup.com - this isn't a club, I'm not charging dues, it's not affiliated with any other group. I just figured it was a more centralized way for the folks in Houston ...
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Hi all My name is Mike Badin. I am a very new real estate investor having just obtained my first rental property in January 2015. The property has 5 garages, 1 small barn and two apartments. It also has a basement ...
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Hi,I use TLO for skip tracing. I have been doing it myself and I am looking to hire someone else to do it for me. I know that I have to be careful about who I hire since it gives access to sensitive and private inform...
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I recently had a bit of a shift in my perspective on advising clients to pay points recently and here are my current thoughts. Feel free to disagree. As a lender, I look at rate sheets and loan estimates literally a...
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Do you have to have comps pulled from the MLS by a realtor or can you just pull comps from services like Redfin or realtor.com ?
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Need some advice and some basic questions about maxing out conventional financing before resorting to commercial financing/DSCR loans for STR. Im trying to figure out how much I can afford on my next acquisition bas...
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Hello my name is Jose! Don't really know how to start off. New to Real Estate Investing. Would like to know how much is a good amount to start off with. I'm currently living in Los Angeles area. I want to know areas t...