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My friend and I are trying to get our real estate careers started, and we're finding it pretty difficult to afford the 20%-25% down payments for the properties in our area. We're interested in fix and flips to start o...
Hello,I am just getting started with buying out-of-state single family home investment properties (I still haven't done my first deal yet) and one thing I keep seeing over and over again is that a bad property manager...
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So whenever I visit my father for our "weekly meeting" I always go on about real estate investing. He always has only 2 responses:
1) you cannot do that here (i'm serious)
2) what you're trying to do is rip someone of...
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Hello brilliant REI's !I am interested in doing my first fix and flip in the Baltimore area. Could you tell me any pro's and con's of buying from a wholesaler vs a real estate agent?Bonus Question: How do you go about...
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I'm curious to how many members were raised in homes of entrepreneur/business owners and how many are self-taught. To me it seems difficult to transition from 9 to 5 thinking (my parents) to that of an entrepreneur. W...
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What are the red flags?
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Hello BP,Looking to start a conversation on investing in Tampa, FL. Would love to speak with investors/agents/homeowners to learn more about the market - i.e. types of investments, pricing, property management, econom...
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I have a duplex in WA state where the tenant moved out at the end of their lease on 4/30 per the terms of their lease. They had a security deposit and pet deposit amounting to $1,100. WA statute RCW 59.18.280 requires...
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Hello all...my friends, haters, new people,...everyone:)I often get comments on other threads about how I "hate" etc....so here I am...posting in the unlicensed broker forum! Here's what I tell new people about invest...
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I am a Real Estate Investor.
Of all of the occupations I have tried, researched, pondered, and read about over the years, there is none which compares to mine. My work is fun. I take ugly houses and make them beauti...