I'm highly interested in starting out my investing career in my home area of Long Island, NY. My aunt is a real estate broker in Suffolk County so I told her about my plans and while she didn't understand why anyone w...
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Hello BP,
I'd like to get opinions from fellow BP members on the following question.
When a person first becomes a real estate agent, they have plenty of costs/expenses: both personal and business expen...
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There is someone out there using my name (although they are using my last name as their first name and my first name as their last name) to lure other real estate investors in to thinking this person will fund whateve...
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I found a property that sounds like a good deal. Wanted to run this past you guys and also see about getting financed.
2 buildings - 4 units total (two duplexes)
each unit is a 2bd, 1ba
They are asking $133,000 for ...
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Hello everyone,Now that is tax season, I have a question related to this topic.I bought a fourplex via FHA loan and I currently live in one unit, I have been fixing and updating all units so I could rent them out whic...
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I've got a deal on my radar, but don't know if I can swing it without some sort of seller financing...and even then, I'm not sure I have the concept down 100%.
To make the numbers easier, I've rounded everyth...
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Hi All,
I don't think I have really ever posted on this board but have read it for years. This forum has given me great advice which has allowed me to purchase a few SFR's in the middle Georgia area at great prices....
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Curious how many are doing direct mail. We are getting some success that way, as I described in another thread. The people who respond are over 70 and looking to retire. I make sure they get some kind of LOI/offer wit...
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Can you assign the contact on bank owned properties? I'm in Florida specifically.
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Hey BP Family - This morning BiggerPockets was attacked by what appears to be some kind of network of spammers, including folks from Korea, Hong Kong, Southern California and elsewhere. This may have been a simple spa...