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My name is Brandon Ortiz, and I’m a real estate agent here in the Bay Area. I’ve owned a home in Gilroy, CA, for 12 years, and it has built up a significant amount of equity. I’m now looking to invest that equity to c...
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Hi BPers,I am interested in apt investments. The question I have right now is that how to best utilize my money in different accounts (bank account, current 401k account, former 401k account, Roth IRA account) to buy ...
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I'm brand new to this and am interested in what you guys think the best way to invest this money would be. I'm leaning towards paying cash for a rental property or two. What is best low risk option to invest so I can ...
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I have 2 rental properties that I own on my name in Houston Tx since last 3 years. Property value is property 1 = $ 75 K and property 2 = 350K. I also own a single member LLC in Texas that I formed few years back for ...
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Hi all,Just starting out small until I work my way up to apartment complexes and commercial units. For now, I'm analyzing condo rentals in the Brighton, Ann Arbor, and Royal oak area. Any thoughts or suggestions on co...
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My husband and I are beginning our search for our first rental properties. We are looking at areas like Lithonia, Lawrenceville, McDonough, and Conyers.It seems like we can get decent 2 unit duplexes in the 70k-80k ra...
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Hello Everyone! I was talking to an investor who told me if he bought my property, he would borrow money from a hard money lender for a few months and then refinance with a regular lender. Why would he do that when ...
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Has anyone invested in StReitwise; and if so why did you invest and what has your experience been? This would be my first effort, as a non-accredited investor, dipping my toes into real estate in a low risk way. I'v...
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First off - I'm total noob so trying to learn a lot.I'm looking to buy a condo or townhouse which I plan on keeping long term as a rental property.From looking at Zillow I noticed that there are some large-ish neighbo...
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I'm looking to make several out-of-state investments. These will be my first real estate investments outside of my primary residence. I've spent the past couple of months learning as much as I can. I have a solid fina...