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Hi BP community!
My partner and I are total newbies, buying our first home in Brooklyn NY (which also happens to be a duplex multifamily). Hoping to ask your advice!
Our offer has been accepted, we've had an engin...
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I'm about to move back to the U.S. from abroad, and I have an online business so I can settle anywhere in the country. It's a good problem to have, but... it makes choosing a location difficult!I'd like to get started...
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I am really drawn to the idea of building a large portfolio in low income and affordable housing areas. Areas were 90% or more of my tenants will be on sec 8 and government assistance programs. Some of the concerns I ...
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Hi all,Does anyone have experience with house splitting/house hacking?My wife and I are thinking about splitting a house, living in half and renting the other half as a STR.We are currently living in South Florida and...
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Hi all.
I am buying another home soon and it has lots of wallpaper in it. It is on almost every wall in the house. The home was built in 1910 and is 4500 sf feet. The good thing is that the 1700 sf basement is unfini...
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Hi BP Folks,One year since I started on BP, I've finally purchased my first Buy and Hold in Chicago Pilsen area. It's a 3 flat and is fully rented, due to my FHA loan guidelines, I will be moving in once one of the le...
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The house is finished except for the bathroom where we ran out of primer. I did some quick research and found Kilz High Build primer. Expensive, but I wish I had found it prior to painting the whole house! There ar...
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Hi, completely new here. Born and raised in the Milwaukee, Waukesha, etc... area. Interested in learning as much as I can. I currently work as a maintenance technician and have held various jobs in the building trad...
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Hey guys, just a new member here. From Princeton area, have a few properties in Jersey, looking increasingly to Philly area for multi-family investment. Finding it difficult to gauge Philly neighborhoods that will mai...
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Hi all, I’m just about to close on a 3 unit property here in Chicago. It needs a bit of work with one unit I will live in and another two to rent out. Both have current leases that will run out in March and then I can...