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Everyone calls me Chip. My experience thus far with real estate has been buying my homes and investigations into real estate ownership as well as how certain people paid for their property. I am a police investigator...
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Hi! I am newer to this, I am currently in the process of looking for my first rental property. I think I still have a lot to learn, and my question to you all is, what did you do that you think helped you the most wh...
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Hello, I am currently serving active duty military and have been reading up on REI and became really interested. I plan to start saving and actually give it a try, that is after I actually understand and feel fully co...
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Am I legally able to take a conditional nonrefundable deposit from a section 8 tenant to prevent her from renting some place else other then mine during/after her end part of section 8 paperwork processing stage (prov...
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I am new to real estate. I found a private lender. He is willing to give me 100% with 3% interest on a $150 k loan. He said he needs my bank account to deposit the money. Does this like a scam or is it legit? How does...
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I’m advertising my second unit and almost immediately I was hit with the “will you accept Section 8?” question. I really have no idea how to navigate that question so I’ve tabled my reply and I’m curious what you guys...
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Hi BP Community,Just a couple days ago I made the order for course materials to pursue my California RE Agent´s license through Allied Schools. It should be noted immediately that I have no real desire to act as a ful...
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Hi Biggerpockets community,I'm trying to rent out my house (Houston area) for the first time, and I had a potential tenant contact me who's moving in from out of town and wants to rent before buying a house soon, mayb...
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Hello. Cyber Applications Group, LLC is in the final stages of development for the Virtual Property Manager, a web-based system for individual owners of rental property to professionally manage their own properties.
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So I've been toying with refinancing my rental property and I wanted to solicit a few opinions. Here's where I'm at and where I'm trying to get to. Would you force the appreciation and refinance or keep it as is?Your ...