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Hi everyone, I am looking to start planning to buy my first property. In determining how much mortgage I am pre-approved for, do I use a mortgage broker or go directly to the lenders? I hear credit unions have better ...
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We live in a small town outside Pittsburgh. We own our primary, own a STR internationally, 3 commercial buildings, and a 4-unit apartment building - so we are highly familiar with real estate but here's a new conundru...
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Is there anyway to contact the bank to buy foreclosures before they hit the market? The reason I ask, I found 4 foreclosures today driving around after work, plus a bunch of others I have found. Thanks
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Hey Guys! I am actively looking for 40+ unit apartment buildings. I've been looking on Loopnet, Zillow, realtors.com etc.. for deals but I'm not finding anything with good numbers. I've tried contacting commercial bro...
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Rental Property InvestorHello BiggerPockets, Im currently working on building a portfolio of financial freedom. I haven't been working in the real-estate field long but looking to network and gain as much knowledge an...
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Hey Biggerpockets. I am in the Multi-family game but really new. I have made a post earlier in the week and a lot of good feedback from it. I am looking to educate myself very well before buying apartments and i need ...
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Hello BP. I have been reading posts from the forum for the past few months, but this is my first post. I have listened to 15 podcasts so far and I am soaking up everything I can. A little about myself. I have been...
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I have found a local property that I want to purchase. I have done research and found out that the property was abandoned when the owner passed away. The bank currently owns the property. I am in PA, the bank is in CA...
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Hello Bigger Pockets!
Currently hold a LTR in SoCal and looking for out of state opportunities to do the same.
Being that I do not have a team in place and am anxious to get started, I would love any highly recomm...
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Can anyone please share the best way to find direct contacts to asset managers? We handle REOs for a large number of small banks and a few large lenders but would like to increase our REO listing. Any advice would be ...