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Hey BP community. I am trying to obtain a buy and hold multi-family unit in Philadelphia. This is my plan; I plan to receive a gift from my parent which I hope to use as a down payment for the property. Assuming all r...
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I could really need some help deciding what to do here.I'm about to jump into real estate investing (rental properties) and am stuck between which city to invest in. I'm not interested in doing both cities, just one.I...
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Hard money lending seems to be popular in my area and every lender that does it just raves about it. I would like to know what the drawbacks are and things to look out for from the lenders perspective? Aside from ha...
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I have been reading a lot since joining the forum. Now I am finally ready to pull the trigger after getting over the biggest hurdle... convincing the wife.So I currently hold 2 SFRs with no mortgage in San Gabriel Val...
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I"m trying to choose between the new Iphone 5 and the Samsung Galaxy 3 and the reviews are mixed, so I thought to ask those who use them regularly here; I also suspect that most of the regular contributers at BP are u...
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Hey BP,Im about to close on a 4-plex in NE Minneapolis (my first investment property) and I was wondering what people in the area do to collect rents. Even though I'll be living on the property and they technically c...
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I am 19 but look I look 16. Will it be a big issue and are there ways I can get around it?
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Hi All! I'm new to real estate investing and want to get started with house hacking. I recently moved to Denver, CO, and have been thinking about purchasing my first property and use the house hacking strategy to get ...
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I read on here all of the time about all of the newbies or new to REI wanting to buy Multifamily units instead of SFR. Why is that? Is it because they don't know enough and just want to do what they think everyone els...