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My name is Trace and I'm new to real estate investing. I'm 26 years old and recently relocated back to the Birmingham area. Although I don't have any practical real estate investment experience, I have dabbled pretty ...
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Hi,My partner and I are looking to purchase a short term rental in Maine. We haven't zeroed in on a specific city/town yet but we're focusing our search on areas within 2 hours drive of Acadia National Park. We'd like...
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Hey all. Just joined and posting for the first time. I have historically made gains living in places then selling them. For the first time I am looking to sell a multi-family I never lived in and buy a new multi-famil...
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Great job 809 credit score. 12 hits on criminal record the worst being battery with intent to cause physical harm (3 counts total) and Burglary of a Dwelling. Both of these were in the 90s.
There was another battery ...
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Hello BP Community!I am wanting to begin investing in single family rental properties, but have been feeling overwhelmed with where I should begin my search. I've been trying to analyze one property per day in order t...
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16 years ago today, I dodged a big bullet. Working as a sales manager covering most of the US and Canada, I would normally have boarded a Monday morning flight from Logan Airport in Boston to fly to work with wit...
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Hello, I'm sure this has been discussed before but I haven't been able to find the answer to my exact question so here goes:It has been suggested to me that setting up a LLC to do property management (sign leas...
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I bought my home for 251k in California and sold it for 458k 1.5yrs later. I understand that I'm going to have to pay capital gains tax. How can I avoid paying so much of that tax? Buy a new home?
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I'm planning to buy a fourplex for the long term (30+ years) and after researching a lot of places, found Chicago to be a potential candidate. I wanted to know from people who know the city how it's doing.
Chicago ...
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Hi all,I'm looking to invest in a property in Florida. I'm doing my research on which areas to target where I wont have much difficulty finding tenants, AirBnb's, etc. I haven't honed in a specific city yet but I w...