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Hi all, I'm not that familiar with the short sale process as I haven't done one yet. However, my father-in-law is moving and he is interested in buying a short sale in Albany, New York as his primary residence. The ...
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We found our home. We've negotiated a price. However, we don't have a buyer's agent, so the seller's agent thinks he's getting 6%, and he won't be reasonable.So, I figure two can be unreasonable. I'll sign a contra...
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Any thoughts on what to do with this bathroom, particularly the tub. This is a single bedroom second floor apartment in a nice residential area that I plan to rent as a B/high B rental. Normally for something like thi...
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Looking for thoughts on whether newbies should should be seeking to enter REI starting with multi-family/apartments?
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I found 3 duplexes in the last 2 weeks that I really liked. The cashflows were perfect. I put offers in and I got outbidded on all 3. What strategies do you use to minimize the risk of being outbidded?
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I'm a young professional in my mid twenties living in a desirable suburb of Boston. I have yet to invest but I am certainly interested and have been putting in the time to study buy and hold rental property investing ...
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Good afternoon BP!
I am beginning my RE journey. If you have experience in Real Estate I would be THRILLED to connect and learn from you. Please reach out and we can connect. I have listened to about 10 of the podc...
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Hi, I'm a new landlord and working through my processes on payment, etc with 2 new tenants in a duplex. We had anticipated having payments made via check to our PO Box. One tenant brought up that in the past she had u...
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A friend from my REIA was talking to me about how to make offers, and he (and other sources I've looked into) suggest making 2- or 3-part offers to increase the odds of my offers being accepted. As an example, he sugg...
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Hey BP,As a SoCal resident, I'm considering my first RE investment to be somewhat local. With CA continuously realizing decent appreciation, I'm juggling the idea of invest here first before starting off out of state....