Hello BP Forums,
I have been grinding towards my first deal for a few months now - and with all of the chaos today, my private lender backed out days before closing on a flip. Maybe that was a good thing. With the fu...
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Hi--my name is James Tsuffis. I have no background in real estate investing beyond a few books I skimmed but am very eager to learn. I'm from San Jose, California but moved to Southern California for school. Graduated...
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Today I wrote a $1000 earnest check! Something I have never done before or learned how to do in school. I remember my mom teaching me how once years ago, but I honestly messed up big time in front of my realtor. He la...
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Morning,
I've got a question with regards to equity in rental properties. Would one be better off to pay a rental unit off with the income he/she receives from it or reinvest in another rental? It seems to me...
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Who decides what the foreclosure starting bid is?
How can you be ahead of the competition and have accurate information/numbers prior the sale date?
Anyone here buying at the courthouse steps? if so please share you...
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I've taken over managing my C-class duplex for the first time after the last tenant trashed the place, was evicted, and my property management company seemed to be trying to do the least work for as much as I'd keep p...
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If this comes off as an odd post, I apologize, but it's something I am really curious about .... When I was investing in Jacksonville, Florida about 7 years ago, my main competition seemed to be hedge funds in the are...
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Hi all,
I've recently made the jump into real estate and I am looking to buy houses in College Station around A&M. I was wondering if anyone knew of any decent agents/contractors/Attorneys in the area? I'm very n...
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Hello BP,I've started traveling to Raleigh recently for work. I can see why this was rated as one of the best city capitals to live in and why many from up north are interested in relocating to this city and others wh...
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Hi everyone,I've been listening to the podcasts for a while and occasionally lurking around the site, but have yet to introduce myself or get serious about investing until now. I came to Houston about 10 years ago af...