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Bigger Pockets family,I bought a piece of lakefront property for $30,000 a little over a year ago. We planned to build on it. Got engineered prints, cleared the land then decided that we didn’t want to move their beca...
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I was outraged to see some of the quotes I heard back to do a termite/carpenter ant treatment just on the exterior of a house. I did some googling and came across a product that is relatively inexpensive compared to t...
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If I do a cash-out refi on my primary home, and use the money to pay cash for a vacation home, can I deduct the entire mortgage interest? Or can I only deduct the amount that I owe on my primary home? It seems odd tha...
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Greetings to all,Its been a while since I've posted or really even been on BP, I've been dealing with my full time work and taking care of family but i havent stopped pursuing real estate.I recently got several calls ...
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As a wholesaler, when you have your list of pre-foreclosures (NOD & LIS's), how do you approach someone on that list to start the process of selling?
Do you call them? If so, what do you say to not scare them aw...
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This may sound like a silly question but bear with me as I am a new investor who is saving for his first rental property (targeted 2021). If my area has a high rental rate vs buy rate how does that impact me as somebo...
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So, i'm scouring Loopnet for commercial multi-family opportunities. I've noticed that many of the properties that list brief financials on loopnet have terrible overhead/operating expense ratios.
For example a huge 2...
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Hey everyone,
Just wanted to introduce myself. I work and live in the Denver area and I am finally ready to take the plunge into real estate investing beyond my own house. I have already learned a lot from th...
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Also any advice for staging and for how long to lease the furniture vs purchasing furniture, etc. thank you!!
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I read quite a few posts on BP for Buy/Hold/Rent in NoVA. Unfortunately most of these posts are a year or two old (I feel that's old and maybe not-so relevant information, given we are this new Covid economy for almos...