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Are there any college degrees that could help with real estate investing. I know a college degree is not necessary for real estate investing, but I was wondering if there were any that could give you an advantage in r...
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Hello All!!I just purchased my first multi-unit property (duplex) in Sacramento, just near American River College. I'm a bit nervous about being a landlord and am looking for ways to ensure rent is paid by tenants. Sp...
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Hi BP,I recently acquired my first property, which is a house in Hawaii where I'm renting a portion of it to a tenant. As the tax season is coming up, I'm starting to think if it's worthwhile to hire a tax planner (mo...
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Investment Info:
Large multi-family (5+ units) buy & hold investment.
Purchase price: $930,000
Cash invested: $207,000
Completely FSBO exchange from a 114 year-old rural mixed--use building 35 mi...
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Hey all. I came to this forum back in April with a bunch of questions. Thank you to all of you who took your time to answer them and help me out.
I wanted to provide an update of what has occured.
1. I purchased ...
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Tacoma BP community, anyone have a solid appraiser they use? I need a property appraised in the 98444 zip code. Thanks!
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Hello everyone,
What are the mathmatical formulas (cap etc) & some key strategic factors when analyzing first time multi-family property?
thank you & happy holidays!
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I have a good friend to whom I'd like to give some good advice.He was recently let go from a job (of 25 years) where he made $50,000 and had the exclusive use of a nice house. As severance he has a guaranteed salary p...
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Hello! My husband and I are ready to buy a home. We live in UT where the market is pretty competitive. We want to get into real state and we were wondering what would be the smartest move to make as first time home b...
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Hi everyone I am new to the BP community and REI. When it comes to home renovations for fix and flip or fix and rent would you recommend hiring contractors or doing as much of the renovations yourself if you have the ...