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Hi BiggerPockets community!My name is Felipe Salgado and I live in California within the Orange County area and I am looking to purchase my first investment. I have around 10k-15k saved up and have a steady income com...
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Just closed on a place in the Bay Area in an established residential neighborhood. In purchasing insurance for the property from Farmers, I was shocked that they suddenly require an additional fire insurance policy fr...
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Long story short our house burned down and we rebuilt it. We hired landscaping company and tree company to cut trees and took the everything out. Our property is in the forest and diagonal shape. When house finished w...
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On a recent podcast a guest talked about writing in the repair costs into the HUD on a cash purchase, then after closing, fixing up the property and immediately refinancing with cash out for the amount on the HUD, wit...
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Please bear me for a lengthy post. This is my first time entering into commercial investing.I bought an old property which is in CRT (commercial residential Town/mixed use) zone. I plan to make 6 affordable residentia...
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Anyone know where I can find vacant land with mineral rights? Would the regular land sites handle this or would I need to go through an agent? Nowhere particular just trying to see what’s available and what going pric...
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After a discussion with other landlords I have discovered a potential problem with Zelle. What happens when you are actively trying to evict an uncooperative tenant? Let’s say the tenant is intentionally or carelessly...
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I had my attorney create a revocable living trust for me several years ago for estate planning purposes. I use this same trust to hold my real estate syndication investments (again, for purposes of estate planning an...
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Greetings,my name is Nick and I was born and raised in the San Francisco Bay Area. I went to school near Portland and have since moved back to the Bay Area for work and family. My heart still resides in Portland and...