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Hi Everyone, I am brand new to this site, but am really excited to have found this!! From what I have read so far, I've already learned a ton! I have been watching the Rochester market for almost a year now and am mov...
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Hi BP Bay Area community. New investor here. I am trying to figure out the best way to leverage lending to buy additional properties. I have 2 properties with lots of equity (estimated: 800K). I looked into convention...
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Hi EveryoneI'm new to RE investing. I like the idea of bird dogs. Curious to get some insight on successful ways to find good bird dogs, and then what pay structure you have found to work well? Thanks for any help you...
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I live in Los Angeles. There is just no way I can get a performing rental property in my market. How do you invest outside of your area without getting burned. Already tried getting a "turnkey" property which was a...
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I am going to preface this with I am a completely new investor (0 deals under my belt, but will buy at least one property in 2018). I would like to do some variation of a house hack in San Diego (ADU/SFH-MFH conversio...
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I'm new to the real estate, in the military and just purchased my first home (3bd/2ba/2car garage) with the VA loan on Oahu for a little over 500k and it's estimated rent is $2,400/mo. I understand this is not sustain...
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Hello Fellow BP Members,I just wanted your input on whether or not I should get my real estate license. I live in Ohio and I know some states are different than others.But instead of just asking for others input, I wa...
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Hello All,I am considering this deal for $238,000. It is a duplex in a pretty nice area of Sacramento, CA. One unit has 3 bedroom and 2 baths. The other has 2 and 2 and it is rented for $850 which is kind of low. It c...
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I was doing a little bit of reading up on the BRRR strategy blog post by Brandon Turner here on BiggerPockets. I'm slightly confused on the refinancing aspect of the strategy. I'll use his example to demonstrate:Let's...
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So I have been trying to lease two properties. Great success on one, just leased to a long term tenant for $100 extra each month over the last tenant's rent. The other property is not going so well. I have had ma...