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It seems every contractor wants at minimum 1/3rd, 1/3rd, 1/3rd (or more upfront), despite advice on here to not put more than 10% down.I've scoured the General Contractor Payments in the forums and it seems the ones w...
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Our experience with a 203k loan:
Stephanie came across this triplex on Zillow just searching and saw this triplex that had been listed on the market for quite some time. The price was reduced several times over the y...
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Hello, My name is Jonna. I am a from Staten Island New York. I am currently looking to start my journey in real estate investing. Since the housing market in New York City, is un affordable, I came across Scranton Pa....
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A friend told me had his rental covered with a home warranty. Is this worth it? I wonder how responsive they would be.
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A few months ago I was given pre-approval to be a home "much more expensive than the one I was looking at" according to the lender.So I made an offer on a house and did all the inspections and was close to closing whe...
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Few questions for the BP community:1. How do you deal with a contractor that asks what other estimates have come in at and then either matches the price or beats it by just a little bit, then expects to win the work?...
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I had a recent experience with Alpha Property Management LLC, owned by Justin Banks. Justin Banks was previously working for Evernest Property Management, a company known for its unprofessionalism and lack of integrit...
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If I want to hire my best friend, for example, who has done work for me and I know his work is good quality, what issues will this present in my BRRR? Will I have an issue getting hard money? etc TIA!
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Ok!!! After reading a bunch of inspiring stories on here, my excitement level is through the roof. So I want to throw this out there and see what you all think. Like I have mentioned or you can find in my profile, I a...
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I always see posts from investors asking about the cost of a rehab, a particular estimate or a general construction problem. I have 20 years of construction experience. From remodels, ground up, all the way to develop...