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Hello! My name is Tony Wilcox, and I am an insurance broker located in Indianapolis (licensed in all 50 states). Today I wanted to share a few pointers for things to look out for on future, and past investment propert...
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Can I get opinions on Staining brick walls vs. painting them? Which is better? Which is less expensive? Which last longer? which one seals better?I have a duplex that I am renovating and the bricks look like they coul...
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Hello, I am planning on house hacking and rent out the other rooms as medium term rentals. I have read that medium term rentals do not need to be registered with the city or county, unlike short term rentals. How abou...
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Hello,I am looking to buy a SFR and live in part of it (owner occupied).I found a place where I could add a door + deadbolt inside, and split the SFR in two. One won't have a kitchen. If I rent this half, is it consid...
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Hi all,I'm a real estate investor in California, but I also own multifamily in Indiana. I have a private lender here in California that lends against homes that I flip. He's always been resistant to lending on anyth...
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I've been reading about land and its use for solar farms. The main drivers are proximity to substation (power grid), flatness, and exposure to the sun. So I started looking at some land and solar websites and came up ...
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Hello! My wife and I are both W2 employees. We are carefully looking into starting rental property investing. However, one of our objectives is to reduce the tax burden we face on our W2 income. However, a local real ...
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Hi BP community I just set up my account and was hoping I could get some feedback on setting up an industrial value-add fund specific to cannabis land & infrastructure development. My company plans to develop 10 i...
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Hi All, I have a fix/flip loan on a SFR that is maturing at 6 months come May. I had it under contract and it fell out late in the game for a very silly reason. It's reasonable to assume it will close in the next 6...
Looking at a potential duplex, sellers are willing to do owner financing. What does refinancing them out of it after one year look like? Any experiences or thoughts?