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Hi everyone my name is Aaron and I am brand spankin new to this arena. My wife and I haven been thinking about real estate investing as a means to start increasing some monthly cash and start building our retirements ...
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I have a several real estate agents who are genuinely nice and helpful, but the thing is, they are all my friends. Would it be better to go with non-friends as you select your power team? I wonder if friendship crea...
How many people decided to go down this path for a career? I want to get started but i just need extra encouragement and support. Any little bit helps! Thanks.
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First time home buyer/investor in my early trying to avoid the analysis paralysis and looking to get started should I be talking to a lender or agent first
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One of my agents just told me:
"Most people that rehab houses are contractors, they’re not going to hire contractors. Because, if it were that good, don’t you think a contractor would just do it?”
In my opinion, t...
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Good Morning,I am a new investor looking to purchase my second property in Asheville, NC. I am leaning towards buy-fix-hold, but am in the air about duplex/small multi-family vs SFR's. Does anyone have any feedback on...
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I have been looking for that first deal for about 4 months and have been close but have not locked anything in. I lose focus based upon many methods of finding property yet nothing seems to work. I am amazed by h...
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The buyer had an inspection and came up issues that they stated in the summary. But the others issues stated do i have to fix all those Orther issues too?
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Those with an eye on recent history can't be blamed for thinking current market conditions are nearing their endgame, with rapid price appreciation and fierce competition for homes eerily reminiscent of the late stage...
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Hello BP community,
I was inspired by this article to improve my approach to underwriting CapEx costs for buy and hold investments.
I'm looking for rough estimations through this form to hopefully crowdsource reaso...