My name is Kyle, and I have been a long time reader on BiggerPockets, but have finally just now joined the site. I am an engineer by trade and I started in real estate in Sacramento in 2010 by buying a fourplex and li...
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Hi Everyone! I just started a blog titled "Adventure in Making a Better LIfe" Follow us in our crazy decision as we go cold turkey, quit our jobs and move to Colorado to start investing in real estate full time. I ...
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The property I purchased a few months back (7 unit with a storefront) I'm questioning my rates. Now I've done complete remodels to the units and went on the slightly higher end of things in hoping to get less maintena...
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Looking at a HUD home that has a lead paint report that came back with a lot of spots in poor condition. Are these usually accurate? How about the estimate that they give to repair if it is needed?
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I don't want to come off as a conspiracy nut.
Recently, my financial adviser mentioned a banker customer, fresh from a Euro banking conference that bought up a large amount of silver upon his return.
While the Banki...
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What would you suggest? If you had 150,000 free to invest in rental/buy and hold properties. You could purchase perhaps 1 or 2 houses free and clear with money.
or
You could take that same amount and leverage them...
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Hi all,My wife and I are high W-2 wage earners. We general follow "boglehead" philosophy and have a lean mean investment portfolio and live well below our means. One first world problem we have is earning a high incom...
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Hello,I am not a foreigner, but I think my question is relevant to this thread. I am looking to invest in properties with Rent to Price Ratios >2%, but this is very hard to come by in Houston unless you purchase in...
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Hello fellow BP Members. As a buyer and seller of loans (and real estate), trying to find the perfect note is like trying to find the perfect spouse. If you truly want to tie the knot, you have to realize that no pers...
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When I self manage my own property the repair are minimal, once turn over property management there is repairs from time to time and I don’t make much money. As well tenant turn over are higher because they increase m...