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Someone asked about whether or not they should hire a coach or mentor from a different thread in the "Starting Out" forum. @henryclark was nice enough to offer free assistance. I jumped on the offer immediately becaus...
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Good evening,We are currently trying to refinance out of our private loan and everyone that we have talk is saying that we need to bring money instead of getting our money out. I wasn’t expecting this at all. Are we ...
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This week I have started the adventure of selling the second short term rental house that we have listed as a turnkey investment. We are selling this house furnished, and managed, with reservations in place. We took ...
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Good day BP community, hope all is well! I would like to discuss the balance of being an agent-investor, or investor-agent (whichever way you identify). Many investors pursue the license for it's perks, and many agen...
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Investors,I was reading about these new Opportunity Zones that are being established as part of the Tax Cut and Jobs Acts. I wanted to start a thread that starts the speculation of potential investment opporunity poss...
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I don't understand people who are long term tenants, and the logic behinds it bothers me. They are paying monthly rent to other people, which doesn't make sense to me. If they have money to pay rent each month for lon...
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I'm a newbie and I'm just getting started. What are you thoughts on getting a condo as your first property? After listening to a few podcasts, it seems like a good idea to stay away from them due to HOA fees. Is there...
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I recently considered shifting some of my REI business back to wholesaling lease options which I did successfully for several years. The last 2 years I focused on regular wholesaling "flipping contracts" but I though...
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Hello, What have you done what do you prefer? What are the pros and cons of both? Have you guys bought real estate (multifamily or single family) in cash and rented them until you saved up for your next investment to...