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I always hear Kiyosaki (and countless others) talking about owning physical gold in addition to real estate. I get the thesis, but how does one technically hold, store, and (most importantly) SECURE physical gold hold...
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Hello BP Family, Thank you for opening this post. I'd like to start an intelligent and informative discussion on our predictions for the Bay Area (South-Bay, SF, East-Bay and Peninsula) in 2017. Understanding prices h...
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Hi everyone! I wanted to get people's opinions on a business concept that I have. I was interested in buying a property in an area such as Miami or Las Vegas (due to the low cost of homes & its desirability as a t...
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Four years ago today I was wandering through life thinking I had made it. I was working a corporate 9-5 job, good pay and would use my 10 days of PTO for the amazing 1 week getaways. Jan 1st 2017 happened to be the la...
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I am reading headlines about the market plunging worldwide due to the likelihood of a Trump win. What could this mean for real estate? Is anyone holding off on buying until things settle down a bit? Any reason to b...
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I'm just curious about buying and holding properties while renting them out. In most everywhere in the US, you cannot rent a property for at least 1% of the value. In Denver, you can buy a $400k property and get no ...
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Hi, a family member and I are considering investing in our first investment property. I've read that forming an LLC to purchase the property is a good way to protect ourselves from liability. However, I also underst...
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Sorry, I asked the wrong question. I meant to say What is a good cap rate? How do you determine what CAP rate you should strive for?
Thanks!
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If a RE investment and Stock investment return the same amount of ROI over a 15 year period and then sold which is the better investment? Assuming a 1031 is not used (they may not exist in 15 years), do certain struc...
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I've heard a tremendous amount about using promotional 0% interest business credit cards to fund buy-and-hold investment deals. Dozens of podcasts & articles explaining the how-to's and the advantages of doing thi...