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Hello, BP community! My name is Charles Alexander and I'm a mechanical engineer currently living in Seattle, WA where I design automated aerospace manufacturing equipment. Although I'm new to real estate I'm hoping th...
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Hello all, hoping you can point me in the right direction.Me and my partner are looking to incest remotely outside of our local areas and one of the locations we are interested in, for various reasons, is San Antonio....
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As housing investors, what role do you play in creating affordable housing? What strategies have you used to avoid raising rents or contributing to gentrification?
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This arrived in my email this AM and is so good I pass it to you!
Proctor & Gamble (P&G) is an international conglomerate with 25 separate billion-dollar brands including: Gillette, Pantene, Crest, Tide, Dawn...
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Howdy y'all! Doing it yourself is seeming like a better idea at the moment, with two unusually bad results from local contractors in the past few months. I've also had quite a few good ones, and am happy to share thei...
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I'd like to hear specific language about landlords use in leases for raising tenant rent annually and what people think are acceptable percentages.
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What should be the security deposit for 3 bed brand new construction condo in Los Angeles for lease? Does 2 months deposit make sense?
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So I am about to be a proud new landlord and am wondering what others have done to lower their cost of insurance on older (1900 ish) multifamily rentals. This will not be a house hack just a good old fashioned investm...
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I know that bigger pockets is generally for real estate investments, and I do plan to invest in real estate after I complete my courses for licensing, however I really need a better understanding of how the stock mark...