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Hi, my name is Jacob Brigandi. I am a long time follower of BiggerPockets but new to the forums and the community. I’ve been reading the forums and found the information very helpful, so I wanted to introduce myself a...
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Under contract on our first property a duplex (traditional financing, past attorney approval, just did inspections today). It has some small items that need repairing, but it is otherwise ready to go.We decided to kee...
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Hello BP community.I currently make 125 k a year and I own 1 property that is performing well as an STR.I dont have the upfront cash to purchase another for a down payment but my parents are interested in financing my...
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As a young foreign national who wants to start investing in the US I started working out a step by step investment plan. One of the first and maybe most important steps is obviously picking my market, not an easy task...
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Any advice on buying SFH VS condo 3 bed rooms?
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I had a borrower come to me with a request for a hard money loan this week. We are asset based lenders, so we lend primarily on the value of the property, and not on the ability of the borrower to pay us back. However...
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BP Nation,As a newbie, this is my first success story. My wife and I started our real estate odyssey in the winter of 2013. Since then it has been an amazing and wild experience. Hopefully, our story can be an inspira...
So my family has been involved in commercial real estate for a while. More specifically, we've bought and converted two hotels that we converted to other brands which we went on to sell. We've also built one from the ...
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Hi everyone, I am new to the site. I have been reading posts for the past month and thought it was time to say hello. I bought my first investment property last June, then I found this site...timing might not be my be...
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Mortgage rates declined to their lowest levels in over a year, a sample of more than a dozen industry professionals said they were quoting most borrowers in the high 5% to low 6% range on government loans and in the m...