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Hey BP, I’d like to pose a question that I’ve been asking myself for awhile now. My simple question is this. What 3 skills can I (or anyone) start to develop now that will be vital to real estate investing in the fut...
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Investment Info:
Single-family residence other investment in Raleigh.
Purchase price: $23,000
Cash invested: $65,000
Sale price: $155,000
I designed, managed and built a small loft single family ...
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The 1% rule is a great, simple metric for evaluating a single family home. If you're trying to do quick numbers for a multiunit property, is the 1% rule still a good rule of thumb? Or is there any other metric you lik...
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The title of this post is so sad, since I've been here on BP for years now, but I finally got off my butt and got to an event!
I'm a wholesaler turned Hybrid Investor and my primary business has been with sellers. I...
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I'm very new to REI and I don't know what I don't know. After I read Rich Dad Poor Dad my outlook on finances and saving for retirement changed tremendously. Are there any books or other resources out there to help ed...
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Newbie post here as I still tackle some of the basic learning concepts before buying my first investment property.I have *some* money saved up (10K, which is not much at all in my market where 3/2's go for 140-190k). ...
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Re: Pay off vs. Don't Pay off your property - I have several properties in my Self Directed IRA (SDIRA) LLC, my retirement fund. Some of them are on conventional 30-year mortgages. I don't take any personal tax benefi...
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It's no mystery that every investor has dealt with a bad contractor. Much like property managers and real estate agents, many investors feel that there is a shortage of people in those professions that are actually go...
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Looking for some insights and feedback about HELOC.
WE ARE BRAND NEW TO THIS!!
Pros and cons of HELOC?
This is our first time looking into the option.
Long term goal is to do the live-in flip concept. So we are ...
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I am purchasing my first rental house and wondered if anyone can help fill me in to any advantages to titling in my personal name versus buying in my LLC's name. The LLC is for a construction company I am starting bu...