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I am looking to buy a short sale as my and my family's home. When talking to the realtor, there are so many things crossed off the contract. I have never done this before and I am very nervous and unsure about putting...
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I'll start by saying hello to all of you. I am 44 years old and for the third time I am losing my job. I have lived in NY, AL, SC & FL chasing work. I have always wanted to be a real estate investor but never quit...
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Hello BP,I started investing during this latest market boom, so I have no experience with landlording during a recession, and I would like to hear opinions about an idea I had. How do people here feel about using sect...
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I still have not pulled the trigger on my first real estate investment. I recently had lunch with a buddy who is a Realtor and owns a few properties he rents. We were talking shop, I mentioned I would 100% need a Pro...
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I have a friend that works with a wholesaler. His strategy is simply this: If the market price for surrounding houses on Zillow is 100K or greater than his cost, he will buy it for cash. He usually puts 25-50k int...
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I first connected with Miller McSwain about a year ago when he first got the real estate bug living in Mississippi with the plan to move to Colorado Springs to House Hack. Well fast forward a year and he just recently...
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Hi, Our rental property is in Manteca, California and our rental property tenants vacated couple of weeks ago after his lease expired on Dec 31st 2023. They stayed for 2 years and our rental lease agreement indicated ...
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Has anyone used both Apartments.com and RentRedi that could provide a basic comparative analysis between the two? I am currently using apartments.com, which is free and I have no complaints, but RentRedi would also be...
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Within the last six months I have purchased two SFH properties. One in Wisconsin that I paid cash for 80K & one in Boise that I used HELOC on 175K Currently rehabbing both. I also have a sub2 I’m taking over April...
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Hey Guys!
I am very excited to have stumbled across BiggerPockets. I am at the beginning stages of investing time, energy, money, among other things into the real estate world.
I have always believed th...