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Hello! I'm Gustavo from Oviedo, FL, and I'm excited to dive into the world of real estate investing! I'm relatively new to this journey and am eager to get some insights and advice. Here’s my situation:
I purchased a...

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I currently have a property that the owner will not allow me free access to, even though it is in our contract. I don't want to make it a sticking point, at this point in the contract and lose repoir w the seller, bec...

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Hope all is well with everyone during this latest challenge.I was thinking is it time to change the vocabulary and create an improved public face for landlords by changing the term itself. Landlord always sounded a bi...

So I've been trying to come up with a more overall outlook to try and guide my investments for the near future..I understand the view that David shares on the podcast about how the demand is still strong and there hav...

I am coming up on the 1-month anniversary of my listing.  We started at $2k and have dropped down to $1850.  My initial research indicated a rent range of 1800-2000.  We are currently priced below (approx $55) the lux...

I wanted to give everyone the rest of the story.....

This is a follow up post to the below post I started back in September 2010.

http://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/88/topics/55498-flip-why-wont-this-work-?page=1
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