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Hello,I recently got pre approved and now looking at properties to house hack in the Chicago land area (suburbs). As I’m going through the MLS I’m coming up with my questions for the realtor. My questions for you all:...
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Hello everyone. First time poster on Bigger Pockets and relatively new to real estate investing. Really pleased to potentially make all of your acquaintances.
I've been doing a lot of research, increasing my under...
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What proactive measures do you take to increase profitability on your rental units? Here's some things I have done recently:
1. Challenged tax assessments.
2. Hired a firm to handle the 2nd round of assessment chall...
Hello everyone,I'm looking into investing in out of state rental properties, since I don't have the firepower to purchase in my home state of CA. Being new to real estate investing, I don't have reliable contacts I tr...
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Why aren't builders trying other materials instead of stick-built homes? I just paid $72k for a lumber package on 4 1250 SF townhomes that would have cost less than half that a year ago. Almost every major metro area ...
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Hello! I've been lurking on this site for quite sometime and finally signed up and decided to introduce myself. I work in IT and have a retail business that afford me some cash-flow but it's obvious that Real Estate i...
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Hello BiggerPockets community,
I'm a new investor ready to enter the real estate market in the DC metro area, with a focus on Northern Virginia. My strategy is to invest in rental properties for cash flow and consi...
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I am interested in a property that is set to be sold at tax auction next month. (Happens to be in Tulsa County OK.) I have never purchased a property at auction before.
I want to do everything I can before the aucti...
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We just completed taxes for 2020 and with cost segregation study for one property we were able to write off $640k in depreciation for 2020. We paid $1.97M for this property and closed in 4th Qtr 2020. With our structu...
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Do you have a college degree? If so, in what field?
Has that helped you in your real estate investing? Or do you think you could have done with out it?
I am a firm believer that our path in life has lead us where we...