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Hey guys!Long time lurker, first time poster!I live in Ventura, Ca and the market is through the roof like most other markets. The rent i currently pay is WAY more than id like to and i would like to get started on my...
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With all what is going on in the online business and e-commerce. There is a huge move in the product business to online sales. That will create a huge loss of business for retailers and offices spaces are getting empt...
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I’m a new investor looking at buying properties for buy and hold in my area which is South Jersey/Philadelphia. I’ve been going back and forth on the area I want to invest to and I’m leaning towards a very blue coll...
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I live in Illinois where it is not airbnb friendly. I am thinking of getting STR in Indiana within 1 hr driving distance from Illinois. I am looking for a property in a good but relatively affordable neighborhoods lik...
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I have been reading for a while and I am ready to take the plunge, but I have several options and dont know which to chose. I have 100K in cash and own my current home with no mortgage, value about 150K. I am closin...
Wanted to get some opinions and thoughts on my mulit-family real estate business strategy: I have experience as a multifamily architect but I want to get into investing/development. My plan is to start with 2-4plex ...
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Recently, I ran into this infographic. Very interesting predictions from Fannie, Wells and the MBA. If the forecasts are accurate, we are around the corner from another hot market with rates set to drop almost two per...
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Wow, it's getting to where it's VRBO is the one making all of the money. 2 years ago, the service fee was under 10 percent. If you add in the owner's portion, VRBO is carving off 30 percent or more per reservation. ...
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Where are my AZ investors at!? I want to hear your thoughts on the water shortage in AZ (Phoenix area) and what you think it means for investors? Is it something to think about if you’re a buy and hold investor?
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As regular readers of this site know there’s plenty of sentiment (and evidence) that we’re headed for some bad times, maybe even some truly TERRIBLE times.
I have two questions:
1) Are you worried and, if so, ho...