Good morning fellow BP members, I will be meeting with an investor friendly RE agent on Thursday morning and I would like to have some questions ready to go to maximize my time with the agent. I have a general idea wh...
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Hi BP,In California (my local market), I'm having trouble deciding which metric to use for buy and hold investments and what I consider a "good" percentage for metrics like IRR or Cash on Cash return. I'd like your in...
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I am a physician and hoping to get into the real estate game, just looking for recommendations to get started. I am finally starting to have some extra cash and have almost 6 figures sitting in the bank that I am look...
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Hi all,TLDR: I'm 50 and want to scale quickly and be FI in five years. For my first MF, should I start small with a duplex or jump straight to large MF since I want to eventually get there anyway? I.e., is there val...
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What's the best way to find these sorts of deals? Something akin to costar or loopnet but for partnering. I'm not interested in realtyshares.com, fundrise.com or the like. I would prefer direct ownership, but a partne...
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Since
my last post a lot has happened. Previously I wrote about my experience purchasing my first
property (traditional financing), which also happens to be long
distance, and what I learned along the way. I've spe...
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Hello, I think aug 7th, everything is going to change for buying a home. We are paying for commission for agents instead for sellers paying that. Now the main question is what is a good price for agents? Do we have a ...
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I am trying to find a study with data on the operating expense ratio for residential real estate, and hopefully something that applies to my area. I want to use the data to prove this ratio to my real estate agent. He...
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Hi,
I am planning to start an LLC to purchase a real estate. My friend's IRA (IRA-A), my IRA (IRA-B), my friend (A), and me (B) are planning to invest. I have been reading up on IRA-LLCs and have a couple of questi...