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Relatively new investor looking in the Northwest Florida, Pensacola, Milton, Pace area. I am interested in conservative buy and hold investing in single family homes for long term rental income and equity-building. ...
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How to Raise Money for your Real Estate Business with J.MasseyHave you ever wondered why some investors seem to have it all while some seem to struggle year after year after year. Why is it that some investors are abl...
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I'm thinking about renting to a student that will have his parents be a guarantor. They are out of state. The question I'm wondering about is if I can do a background check on the parent through smartmove? This will b...
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We have used local Facebook real estate and yard sale pages in the past, but now we are not getting any responses. Any suggestions for good places to advertise?
I'm new to BiggerPockets and real estate investing. Does anyone know if there is a meetup in the Chicago area for BiggerPockets members? (There are other real estate investing meetups, just nothing specifically for...
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Hello BiggerPockets community!Thought I'd take minute to introduce myself and hopefully meet others with common interests and maybe even same location. I was born and raised in Corvallis, OR and just moved to the Port...
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Sorry if this is a duplicate of an already posted issue or if this is a bad place to throw the request but I couldn't find anything. We're using SmartMove for the first time with our first rental- the prospective tena...
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Hi BP members, question- my tenant texted about an hour ago letting me know that a tweaker "dolphin dived" into my fenced and destroyed the entrance.
My question to you is do I charge the tenant or eat the charge? Th...
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BP family,I am going to start sending letters to vacant land owners in and around my town. I have all of the mailing info ready. What would be the cheapest way to send these out via USPS? Anything cheaper than stamps?
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Despite the seemingly abundant headlines about institutions diving head first into the single family housing market, they only control only 2% – 3% of single family rentals. The majority of rentals are owned by small ...