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All,I often see on here landlords that charge around $1,300 for rent but I personally don't know anyone who pays such high rent. If you have $1,300 rent why not buy? I know people usually say that they don't want to s...
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Hello new investors! My name is Trevor Riley, I'm Head of Product at BiggerPockets. I have a very simple question I would love to hear from as many of you as possible:
What is your biggest challenge right now?
Whe...
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Maybe I'm just going through a little grumpy fit and being melodramatic, but are any other Oregon landlords, particularly Portland area so far, getting to their breaking point yet of how far you can be pushed by polit...
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Being in a relatively expensive market I know how discouraging it can be to try and break into real estate scene, particularly the multifamily space. We're in Portland, Oregon and very few cases can you hit the 1% "ru...
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Selling my SFR, real estate agent put a total of 10% of the purchase price on the fee estimate. 6% for him and 4% for the buyer’s agent.
This seems excessive to me.
Is it?
Every google search yields “average of 6...
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If someone is asking 600k for a building that has a 5% cap rate, 30k NOI and i purchase it at 500k. It wouldnt be 5% anymore, correct? Cap rate confuses me a little bit, because that cap rate would now be 6% not 5%. ...
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Hi,
I want to buy a single family home as a longterm investment. I already own a nice home and I have around $300k in short-term CDs ready to invest. I like the idea of earning rental revenue far more than the stoc...
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I hate it when I get an invite to a Webinar hoping to learn something new, and sometimes I get lucky, then I get hit by a ticket price in order to continue learning. I was just watching Kent Clothier on Finding Mot...