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How do gauge the renovate cost from the listing pictures and gauge whether there is problem with electrical plumbing or hac problem?Included some sample pictures and experience buyer would comment on the the realistic...
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I would like to ask everyone to post your experiences between two possible marketing strategies.
One is a direct mailing using postcards with addresses purchased from a list broker and the second is using an opt-in fr...
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I mailed 500 yellow letters to out of state property owners. The mailer should have arrived in mailboxes around 3-4 days ago. So far I have received 2 call from the mailer. I used a standard yellow letter. No modi...
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I purchased a new primary residence in Asheville, NC in 2018, and the property included a 1-bedroom cottage. The cottage was an STR, in defiance of Asheville’s rules, and I immediately converted it to an MTR (i.e., fu...
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For those that actually use the CoC rate of return to gauge properties. Thanks in advance.
Hey BiggerPockets community–
I need help being persuaded to invest in real estate. I've managed my personal assets for quite some time, investing in stocks and bonds mostly, with the occasional foray into other asset...
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Hello Bigger Pockets,I will start this off by saying biggerpockets has given me 80% or more of the knowledge I've obtained about real estate investing. I've listened to almost every podcast, read multiple articles/boo...
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Preferably forever postcard stamps. Usually I use ebay for regular letter forever stamps I have gotten 2k for about 40¢/piece. About to include postcards in my campaign and would like to find similar deals if possible...
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Maybe I am inexperienced since this is my first time try to lease my house. Or maybe it's only the second day I posted the ads. But I only received two inqueries regarding the new posts. My questions are
Am I listing...
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I am a newbie looking for some direction on the best way to find real property databases to look up properties, so that I can pull together comps and find absentee owners. I method I'm using has me feeling like I'm wa...