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I've had many beginning investors message me on BP who are in the Bay Area or met them at local meet ups. The demographics of these investors are typically high income earners, almost 90% working in tech (software en...
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We are nearing the end of our first year lease on a SFR and trying to decide whether or not to increase the rent for the coming year.
I've read that you typically increase ~3% annually but we are hesitant as we are ...
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Hello,
My friend is looking to buy property and I told him I'd ask for him. How difficult is it to re-finance at the end of a hard money loan(interest only, 6 months)? He might be paying 34 to 50% cash, the rest a lo...
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I see a few husband and wife teams out there and that is great. Today marks two years that my wife has joined the company. And it is going well. She actually closing deals on her own. I think I have created a monster...
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I’ve seen many posts here on BP that mention training your tenants. Although I seen tips here and there, I haven’t seen any training doc or lists. Since I just closed on my first unit (yay!), with inherited tenants...
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I had this tenant that I inherited with a recent acquisition. She must have been living with a boyfriend for the past 2 months, but from the moment ownership was transferred to me, she neither payed rent, or attemp...
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I just purchased a 21 unit apartment complex with a lot of problems. I started cleaning it up - 3 unit evicted in the first month and two more in the way - all of them professional tenants. But this month I got a new ...
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A friend of mine is saving up for his first downpayment. At his current rate it’s going to take about 3 years of saving in order to come up with his first downpayment. I’m curious how others came up with theirs. My fi...
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Hi all, I sent off my first set of letters on Sunday which was only about 68 letters. My phone started ringing on Tuesday. I was sooo excited because I'm really following my dream and things are starting to happen. I'...
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Hello everyone! So i'm currently learning the business and saving for my first property. I want to own properties and rent them out and eventually want to flip houses once i make enough mo ey to play with. I want to s...