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I am a beginning Real Estate Investor. My strategy will be buy and hold for long term cash flow. I want to make $5,000 a month in passive income. What would I need to do to accomplish this goal? Can someone help...
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Hi everyoneCanadian investor wanting to invest in that really lucorative US market. I have been involved in real estate for decades in Canada, Buying, Rehab and Hold properties. Looking to enter the US market, but nee...
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Does anyone here have any experience converting commercial zoned office buildings to short term rentals in Spokane? I've begun looking into the process with the city and it sounds like it will require a change of use ...
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Meth Lab Concerns
My biggest concern these days is discovering a meth lab in an investment property.
The last time I checked, there is no insurance coverage to protect an investor from the costs and loss. It is my u...
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A specific strategy could be property type based , something like SAY acquiring apartment complexes in New Mexico small town of between 12 -20 units; or method based like owning STRs in vacation markets. But should a...
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Hi BiggerPockets community,I currently own a two-family property in Jersey City, New Jersey. In one of the units, I have been dealing with a non-paying tenants for about a year and a half. The final trial is coming up...
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I'm a new investor looking to purchase my first property in the next year or so, but I've heard people say the the rapidly increasing prices in Miami, Fl and surrounding areas means that "the market might burst becaus...
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To make a sale in a tough market we had to include the basement development, and we had 30 days to do it. We prepared a tight schedule and stuck to it to meet our objective of having the basement done in time for the...
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I saw a house come on the MLS in Jan that seemed ideal for my family. I called my realtor and he said it was going to auction on homesearch. I was able to find it and it was being marketed as occupied. They had some n...
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We bought our first townhome(4bd/4bath) back in 2021 for 565k, and now is around 750 - 800k; we currently still owe 430k with 3% rate, monthly payment all together is around $3500.
We have two more rental properties;...