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Look at what can happen to a gated community that don't pay there taxes.http://www.npr.org/2017/08/07/542076983/wealthy-san-francisco-neighborhood-fails-to-pay-taxes-loses-private-street?utm_source=facebook.com&ut...
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I just wanted to thank the many awesome members of BP, and share a success story that may brighten some of your days. As some of you know I was interviewed by Rod Khlief multifamily podcast on episode #221 just a few ...
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I'm interested to know how old you were when you bought your first investment property? How did you obtain the financing and credit needed to buy a property, especially if you bought a property when you were really yo...
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what are you doing today to keep that ball rolling forward? "DOING" is the key... whats your goal today? what are you working towards to accomplish?HOw are you MAKING your way to that goal- vision?Do you takes steps e...
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Hello!
I'm a recent new member to this site, and I think it's an excellent resource for people like me who are brand new to RE investing.
I've had the "privilege" to attend a 3 day "intro to REI" course put on by th...
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I'm renting out the other side of my duplex and there are 3 people on the lease. One of them just called and said he can't afford rent due to job loss and will be moving out. He said he's looking for a sub-lease alrea...
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Hey everyone,
Just wanted to let everyone know about the newest podcast episode that just came out this morning. It's different from anything we've done yet for a few reasons:
For the first time, we b...
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My husband and I dreamed of these for the last 18 months... We pushed, paid things off and saved money... Did much of the work ourselves, and here we are! Landlords! (well, we are taking applications this week) The...
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Currently I have a home in Alabama on a streamline va loan that I recently refinanced. It is a 15yr loan at 3.25% and the balance is 119k. The nearby comps indicate that I'm about even. I collect $765 a month after pm...
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I was wondering what some rules of thumb are that people use when evaluating note investing opportunities to narrow the focus. Obviously these would only be guidelines but I'm curious what others use to limit the scop...