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My girlfriend and I are house hacking a duplex in Oak Park, MI. We have one unit ready for rent for the 1st of December and the city inspection is on the 8th of November. Unit details:-1,500 Sqft Two Floors (200 of th...
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Wife is an emergency physician. I am a contemporary cabinetmaker, ex-futures&options trader at CBOT. We have two children (age 3 and 6)
We ar...
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Hello BP community,My name is Andrew from Champaign Illinois and I am brand new to BP and investing and wanted to say hi. I have a full time job as an Mechanical Engineer but wanted to look into real estate investing ...
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Hello, I am new to Real Estate and wanted to connect with people who have closed deals specifically on mobile homes. Anybody who has some great advice for a beginner like me would be greatly appreciated. I really wa...
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Greetings Bigger Pockets,I was curious if anyone had any information, experience, advice or lessons learned about renting single family homes in Quincy, MA. Our primary residence is currently a 1,600 SF 3 BR 1.5 Bath...
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Investment Info:
Single-family residence fix & flip investment.
Purchase price: $228,000
Cash invested: $283,600
Sale price: $334,990
The home was a 2 bedroom 1 bathroom as per title but it a...
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I have a rental that has a first floor master and the secondary bedrooms and a loft area upstairs. The first floor currently has hardwood floors and the stairway and upstairs are carpet. The carpet will most likely ne...
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I would like to share a few observations and lessons I learned during renting out my home
1. A brand new appliance makes the home attractive to prospects. It is better to buy a new one than spend a ton of time cleani...
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After the 2009 real estate meltdown, may home builders and developers were unable to maintain their holdings and had to foreclose. The result was thousands of discounted homesites, now owned by the banks, flooded the ...
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I have sold vacation rental management services for the last two years. I’ve self-managed my own STR as well.Here is the million dollar question: In an industry this is as similar as it is, across the board, what is s...