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I just finished reading Christine Karpinski's book 'How to Rent Vacation Properties by Owner' . The slant of it was that if you manage yourself and use portals like Airbnb, vrbo, etc. you can break even or even get po...
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I am curious how the landlords on this site will handle tenants whose jobs are going to be impacted by all the conventions being cancelled and hotel rooms being cancelled and flights being cancelled etc etc. We know o...
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Please read my post before answering willy nilly, but I was wondering why is everyone here so against paying for real estate educational information?
I will preface to say that there are quite a few hucksters...
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I got one condo under contract (buy & hold). After receiving the condo questionnaire I found this condo is a non-warrantable. I was able to find a local bank by searching for properties that closed in the same com...
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I was all set to make an offer on a 8 unit(4 modular duplexes) last Monday 'til I found out there was a sex offender in one of the units Sunday night. I looked up his court case and found out it was for 4-5 years of ...
I do not wish to criticize, but I have found the Norris Group's postings (here and elsewhere on the Internet) to be long on theory and short on detail. It was claimed at another board that lenders exist for end buyer...
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Does having diarrhea make one an Expert on Toilets?
Just because one investor, in one part of the country, during a specific time period, uses a specific technique (s) to make money in real estate, does not make him...
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I am new to RE discussions nad the BP community. I just noticed people here are VERY open to helping and giving advice/guidance. For some reason... I feel these are red flags, but maybe am wrong. I come from the onli...
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Hi all - I’m looking to purchase my first investment property near Houston. Single family home, relatively turn key, ~$250k, decent schools. Given rates are what they are, I don’t seem to find anything that positive...
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With the employment hitting record highs the stock market going through the roof, the fed pumping billions. There seems to be an impending crash or serious market correction on the horizon. What goes up must come down...