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Hello all, This will be my first post on BP, and will serve to pose a question to overcome my first hurdle on the road to owning and home and gaining beautiful equity. I'm 24, working in the Texas oilfields, have a Me...
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Hey guys,I know there are some in here that have tried out YouTube videos. Curious what your experiences are and if you could give me any advice regarding the video I just had created for me. I wrote the script but ...
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One of my rental condos has a small balcony and some bats have made it their home and are pooping all over the balcony and the tenants are complaining. I called the condo office and asked them to send their maintena...
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Ive just started in real estate investing. I have to peers and mentors who have been very successful and offered to bring me along for the ride. However, I plan to move to Florida within 3-5 years from now to be cl...
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Hello All:Background: I'm currently working towards my Relator License for the State of Michigan. In one such class, the instructor highlighted the importance of analyzing Real Estate deals with Depreciation for Buil...
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We've been with our PM for 5 years and we're seeing a decline in their services so I think it's past time to get out in the market and see what our options are for a new PM. Do you have a solid PM in the Houston area...
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I am working with a commercial broker that's in his mid-70s and we were talking the other day about what books we have read and realize there were so many that we have in common. We both had pretty much the same books...
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I just received some info that ObamaCare has a clause that will implement a 3.8% sales tax on any real estate transaction starting in 2013. Anybody know this to be true?
Don
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Some interesting excerpts from the Pinellas County Real Estate Statistics for March 2016, which continue to indicate a strong seller's market:Homes got to contract quicker, closed faster, and sold for more money year-...
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Any landlords following this new proposed ordinance in Omaha? $50 a SFH and $6 per MFU seems kind of steep if that is an annual due. https://www.omaha.com/news/metro/landlords-say-they-ll-fight-push-for-more-inspect...