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Before I decided to start studying realestate and following the desires I have had for years I was working for my dad and doing door dash(it's like UBER for food), as well as just hustling buying and selling anything ...
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Hey Guys, To give you some background about me, I'm a 5 years real estate investor of 4 single family homes in 3 different Canadian markets all of which are cash flow positive of $750-1200/month CAD (Im Canadian :)). ...
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is the risk worth it to get hard money to buy lots and build? I'm considering it since I have the ability and resources to build new vs buy. Obviously I don't have enough cash to buy lots since they are usually cas...
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Hi Bigger Pockets community. When I'm buying a property, does the bank look at where my earnest money has come from or are they happy to accept it as face value i.e. do they ask to see 2 months of seasoning for the fu...
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Hello, For the last 5 months or so I have been reading as much about real estate investing as possible, trying to analyze deals in my area and save up as much money as possible; however, I am stuck between trying to p...
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Hi all,
Tomorrow I'm closing on a duplex that I had to put 25% down on totaling $40k. The house has positive equity from the start and with a few repairs will be able to refinance in about 6 months for all if not mos...
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I am new to real estate. What are some qualities of successful short term rentals?
HI BP Forum,Myself and a few partners just closed on a 2-unit multi family in North Bergen, NJ. The bottom unit was previously owner occupied and they were paying utilities for the entire building since there was only...
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I have a friend here in Minneapolis who purchased a triplex in 2007 by a college to rent out. They had it about 2 years then let it go into foreclosure because the house was worth less than the amount owed on the mo...
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So I am looking to buy my first property and I stumbled upon what's called a NHF grant. The National Homebuyers Fund is a federal program that gives 5% of loan value grants to the borrower for their down payment and r...