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Hello all I have finally, hopefully located that ever elusive first investment. I have actively been looking, but have denied the urge to just jump onto anything that comes my way. So after all the excitement in se...
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I’m looking at expanding my investment property portfolio and am considering some options. By using real estate crowdfunding can I increase the borrowing capacity for a new project? For instance, let’s say based on m...
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Hello Community!
I'm a part of a small team of investors from Israel eyeing our maiden property venture in Indianapolis, particularly in the fix-and-flip domain. We’re on the hunt for local expertise – shout out to r...
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...owner occupancy.This is from [page 68 of their 353 page study](https://sparq.stanford.edu/opd-reports) which was about something non-real estate related.They were studying something off-topic for this discussion fo...
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For our STR we started on Airbnb, we've gotten some initial bookings, we were considering also listing with VRBO but the services Evolve seems to offer seems good for passive management vs. actively managing completel...
Hi All,
Would really appreciate why we have not received any showings on this property: https://www.redfin.com/IL/Chicago/1537-N-Cleveland-Ave-60610/unit-3N/home/12650198
We have had 7 showings through open houses ...
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As always, my apologies for overly basic/simple questions, although I am not sure this one would qualify for either. My apologies also for the length of this post, typos, etc. Anyway, here goes…I am trying to establ...
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Hey everyone, First off i wanna say its a beatiful day to make some money! Im excited to be here looking for anyone with great knowledge or even just a little bit.If anyone in the area wants to link up and meet anothe...
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My name is Michelle and I am from one of Boston's neighborhoods called Dorchester. I have been making my way through all the bp podcasts and loving them! I grew up watching my parents manage real estate and am in t...
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I have done some searching on this and have not found a straight answer. Does one have to be a "real estate pro" in the eyes of the IRS to qualify for the Sec 179 deduction? Or can you qualify by only being an "active...