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Hi Everyone - long time lurker here on BP but really am hoping to get y'alls perspectives on potentially investing in rent controlled cities like Oakland or Berkeley, CA. My gf and I are 1st time home buyers in the Ba...
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I am a small landlord in Upstate New York. I have a tenant that has not paid me since December of 2019. In 3 Days it will be 13 months that she has not paid and yet my state will not let me evict her for possibly anot...
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Scenario: $450k to investBackground: Currently have 7 SFH rentals (turnkey purchase) that are currently financed with 1 commercial loan (so that I could get HELOC to pay off house and car notes quickly) and 1 tear do...
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Hi everyone,Very recently I made a post on the forums as I have around 50k$ saved and looking to start out. My aim with that post was to get some idea on how I can proceed and which market should I buy in. My long ter...
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Hello Fellow Bigger Pockets members,
My name is Mikael and I have lived about 4 years in Playa Del Carmen Mexico. I´m completely new to real estate investments and have joined this forum in hope of finding ...
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Hello,I buy and hold properties, and I am trying to find a deal structure by which private money lenders would be interested in providing me long term funds at reasonable rates, as opposed to typical hard money (high ...
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Hello just a beautiful day here in Arizona! I was wondering if you some of you might have started investing before buying your own home first? I am on the fence on buying a home first or just going for straight real e...
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About 2 weeks ago, I submitted an Offer to Purchase a Property for a Client/Buyer.The Seller's Agent got back to me and said that there is currently an offer with "No Finance Contingency" and because my Client will be...
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Hello BP! I am reaching out to everyone because I wanted to hear about the different avenues for investing in commercial and what they were.
Is there anything besides multifamily to pursue? What has been the histor...
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Hello....I'm another noobie. Trying to figure out if my goals and ideas will fit in here. Everything in my life has changed over the last five years due to the diagnosis and treatment of a chronic illness. I have w...