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For the past 17 years I've been practicing as a real estate attorney, broker, investor, urban planner, syndicator and owner of a mid sized property management company in California. It has been my experience and obse...
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First time post. I'm a newby to BP and I feel like i'm learning a lot but I have a bunch a few questions. To start off, I was trying to get used to analyzing deals and looking at what brokers send when they have a mul...
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Good evening BP!We are negotiating on an offer for a property that is part of an estate. This is a flip opportunity. After going back and forth with price twice we are about $8,000 apart and I am not as comfortable ab...
Hi: New here as well as to real estate investing. Very close yo my first deal (a lease option type deal) and very excited as well as very nervous. How do you keep your sanity whike doing your first deal or just tryi...
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Hello,
My dad passed in Sept 2019. He left of all an even split of 25% in his will and it said all assets to be distributed within 2 years. there were 5 properties, one of them being a 5 plex - then a childhood fa...
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(I previously posted this question on a different subforum but probably better fit here)Hey Biggerpockets community,I am looking for my first investment property and in the meantime talking to lenders, my CPA, etc to ...
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How many of you live in fancy homes? I have kept mine modest as I have invested my capital in RE but I am contemplating upgrades and renovations. How do you guys balance the needs of personal lifestyle vs RE investmen...
I have an autoimmune disease in my colon that is triggered by stress. When it is active it makes my life miserable. The biggest cause of stress is working as a construction project manager in NYC with a lot of press...
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I feel to succeed at real estate in the long term it requires at least a fundamental understanding of finances. The WSJ recently ran a piece about the lack of financial literacy in this country, Three question financ...
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Hi fellow investors,I am having a tough time starting out. I have reach out to several other investors and realtors looking for deals.The frustrating part is realtors sending me these poor old properties. I am not loo...