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I think there are some initial signs that the Austin area market is starting to change.For the second time in 2016, single-family home sales volume declined in Central Texas, down 3.1% year-over-year from July 2015. I...
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We currently live in Southern California where good deals for buy and hold are pretty scarce. We don't like living here and are looking to move. My husband's industry is pretty flexible and there are jobs in many part...
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Hello Bigger Pockets!This is my first post on Bigger Pockets and I was looking to introduce myself. I am an aspiring Real Estate Investor who is looking to purchase a Multi-Family property to House Hack as a first tim...
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For a lack of better title, sigh, as you can probably tell Im new to this.Ive been browsing the BP forums for awhile so this is my first post here, please be gentle lolHeres my situation; I reside in Queens/NY where I...
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Hello All,I am new to the website but have been listening to podcasts for about a year. I have a fairly simple question and wanted to get multiple perspectives on it. This question is for CA investors.Due to the low i...
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What questions do you have for us? We'll be picking topics from the OTM crowd in coming episodes to answer on the show. We're looking for topic questions that apply to a wide variety of listeners -- so, unfortunately ...
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Hi BP!
As a few of my fellow BPers know, lots has been going on in my life over the past year or so. I've been in the process of splitting up with my husband/partner. We are on good terms. Everything is fine. He has ...
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I live in a really expensive market, in Santa Barbara, CA. Buying a small 2/1 home starts at around 800k. Taking advantage of California's new ADU law, I decided to buy one of these small homes and permit an ADU. (A v...
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Hello everyone. I am new and could use a little direction. I plan on purchasing a property out of state for buy and hold purposes. I am bouncing all over the board with markets, property type, and trying to research ...
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My husband and I are purchasing our first investment house, which we plan to rent out immediately. Trying to understand the best route for us just getting into the game....STR vs LTR. We do not live in the city that t...