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I've seen a lot of posts about people eager to start an RAL and wanted to share some of the costly lessons I have learned and hopefully you can realize it before embarking on these projects. I've noticed the usual pos...
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Resident of the Tampa, Florida area and looking to begin investing in real estate. You gotta start somewhere, right ? Would like to invest anywhere between $10k-15k more or less. As my title states, i'm a newbie and v...
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I have a 4 bedroom that I have on a owner finance mortgage that I have as my homestead, I rent out 3 rooms (as I am a single man no kids no animals) the benefits are great because I can live in the property and still ...
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Welcome to BP.Today I purchased my 7th property in 2 years and 4 months. I bought my first property in May 2012 and today was 7th one. My goal to buy 50 buy and hold rentals. I am 43 years old. Curious, if I will be a...
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Hi All,I mostly understand each step of the BRRR strategy with the exception of the refinance piece. I am wondering, when you refi and pull cash out are people doing that via a line of credit or a home equity loan of ...
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Hey Dallas BPers,My apartment lease is up in spring of 2019. I want to buy a 2-4 multifamily unit using an FHA loan and make it my primary residence.I work downtown Dallas, so I want to be within a 15 minute drive of ...
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I have read a lot of posts about various ways of marketing. Most seem to agree that one needs at least 5 steady streams of marketing to continuously produce leads. I'd like to hear what everyone has had the most succe...
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Just recently heard about the shred method from someone who is doing it, is anyone else doing it?? What are your thoughts?
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Hello all. I am new to the real estate investing world, and I have a question on the BRRRR method. I am reading David Green’s book on the matter, and he suggests that when using the BRRRR method you should save up or ...
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I've found different lenders calculate DTI ratio when it comes to rental income differently.Some lenders take rental income (or a percentage thereof), subtract the mortgage amount, and then add the result to either th...