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Hello!I am so happy I found this website! I have been involved with real estate for the last two years, but I decided to start a real estate investing business over the last five months or so. I have set some solid go...
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No industry has felt the full weight of Covid-19 like the travel industry. We went from over-tourism to no tourism in a matter of weeks. Hotels, restaurants, and car rental agencies have gone bankrupt; closing their d...
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Hello everyone, finally stopped lurking and decided to post!
A bit about me - I'm a beginner real estate investor, own one property so far which became an investment property when I moved from California to W...
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Hi Everyone,
I'm Emma from Pasadena, CA and recently joined BP after stumbling upon the BP podcasts, which I LOVE!!! Am boring my kids senseless in the car, as that's where I listen to them! Or should that be givin...
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Hello BP, I am looking for some advice, I am a little stuck as to what my best course of action for my first purchase might be...(my long term goal is to build a portfolio of buy and hold rentals, while doing a few fl...
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I know acquisition time or commute time do not count for 500 hours material participation in rental properties but couldn’t find any regulation saying they don’t count for that 750 hours total RE involvement. if that...
Hello all, came across this site and figured after frantically searching the Internet for a solution after having 2 seperated mortgage brokers lie to us maybe the collective wealth and experience of the people on this...
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Good morning all!I had the city of Milwaukee inspection department (DNS for those of you who are local) call me the other day about an open inspection on one of the properties I recently bought. The short story, is th...
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I’m in a bit of a jam. I’m scheduled to close escrow and record with Kauai on my newest short term vacation rental this Friday. My loan was funded today and all the documents are handled. I thought this was a done de...
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Newbie here from Memphis, TN longer read, but I would love some advice/input. I will start working with my doctorate in physical therapy in November. My family of 4 plans on using an FHA 203K loan to BRRR house hack a...