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Hi,Looking for some advice. I bought a rental sight-unseen 3 years ago through a friend. The purchase price was 56k, which, in retrospect was rather high for what it is. The first year was great and brought in 950/mon...
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Is Texas City a bad area? Is it drug infested? What type of tenants will you get in Texas City if you rented out a duplex?The figures look good in Texas City, but I saw pictures of Texas City and it looks discouraging.
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I am new to Bigger Pockets but do have some limited experience with real estate investment.
I'd like to start investing in small 2-5 unit multi-family properties. I have some money, solid credit, and am conf...
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Why do real estate trends matter? There’s a lot of real estate data out there to analyze, like how quickly home prices are rising or how long homes in your area are taking to sell. All this information can quickly fee...
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I haven't seen a discussion about this on the forums yet, and figured I'd start the conversation.In case you missed the news this week, billions in trade came to a screeching halt at U.S. East Coast and Gulf Coast por...
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What does your "liability" lease clause look like?
How do you try to protect yourself from liability from fire, natural disaster, injury, etc. in the lease? (Aside from insurance, of course.)
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Curious if anyone is following the situation in Oregon, where lawmakers are considering state wide rent control. Would that basically spell disaster for average buy and hold investor?
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Would i be qualify of getting a sba economic injury disaster loan(3.7%) to pay up heloc loan(4.7%)?