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Cities like Minneapolis, Boston, and Atlanta are showing how public parks can do more than provide green space—they can drive commercial development and job growth. In Minneapolis, the Downtown East Commons Park, init...
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So, I'm examining the plumbing for my bathroom that sits in the joists of the basement, and I notice the valve pictured here.One side is hot, the other is cold. From what I can tell, hot is on full-open and cold is co...
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So i have a property in the market for rent now... And I got an email saying "nothing more gross than toilet seat up... Women turned off immediately".... So I took a look at the pictures posted, and yes, the toilet se...
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As the site continues to grow it can be more difficult to follow conversations, and I almost always forget to "follow" the conversation, most forums auto-follow after you reply. Or perhaps it could be an option we co...
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This year (2020), I started my real estate investing journey. I am scheduled to close on a single-family property in Franklin, KY next week (at the latest). This is my first true investment property. I am also watchin...
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Hello All,Does anyone have any guidance on how new spec office construction gets valued. I read a lot about cap rates but have to think that the value is also significantly impacted by the age of it's major systems/co...
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I am new to RE. So new that I've never invested. Anyway, through my studies it seems that we are at the top of the market now. Is it a good time to invest right now?
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Hi BP,
I'm refinancing my mortgage and am wondering if the closing costs seem reasonable. We are going from a 4.25% to a 3.37% interest rate and will be saving about $150 per month, so that seems nice. We're going th...
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When flipping a commercial building (not a live-in property) do you do rehabs or is it more of a wholetail type of transaction?
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Hey everyone, I'm in Bucks County, Pa and starting my investing career by house hacking. We all know the phrase, paralysis by analysis, and I would like to avoid that as much as possible. I have been doing my due dili...