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Earlier this year my good friend paid $30k to a Dallas real estate guru to finally get started in real estate at the ripe young age of 55. After the course, the gurus convinced him to put his entire retirement into 2 ...
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So you've got some tools and an eye for design, and you want to put your skills to the test in one of real estate's hottest trends: flipping houses. There's a lot of information out there to help get you started, from...
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For those of you who have fully replaced old windows & installed new ones in your personal or rental properties I’m curious what percentage it reduced your utility bills.I have an apartment unit that has 15 large ...
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Sometimes people struggle with how to employ negotiating tactics that they read about in real world situations. The BP community has probably collectively negotiated more real estate deals than any other group in the...
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Hey everyone, my main marketing strategy for the past three years has been cold calling, I have a cold caller that is outsourced and I handle all the leads that are produced. I have seen a pretty large decrease in our...
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Yesterday morning (Dec 16th 2015) I received a voicemail message from a guy who received one of my postcards that asked to buy his vacant property in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania. After work, I was able to catch up with th...
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Hello, I’m a new landlord, experienced flipper. On our first rental everything was remodeled. We basically rebuilt the entire house. But first of May the tenant reaches out to me and tells me the AC failed to come on....
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Hi all. I live in San Diego, CA where everything is expensive. I want to start investing in real estate, so I put an offer in on a 1/1 condo that I could afford (awesome location, good size, needs some aesthetic upgra...
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I need help. We are getting ready to list a long-term rental home out of state and do a 1031 exchange for a STR property (maybe two) closer to where we live in SoCal. Given the income potential, we think STRs are the ...
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I'm in Wisconsin and I have a tenant that will be moving out of apartment in a few days. As we get closer to them leaving they are getting more hostile and keep threating legal action unless they get 100% of security...