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Greetings bp community,
I am new to the site and would like to introduce myself. My name is Benjamin Vincent I am 22 years old and I live in Pensacola FL. I work in the offshore oil Industry as a deck hand fo...
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Hello Fellow Landlords,I have beautiful old bricks at my property and now that it is finally rainy season in California, the moss has returned to the bricks. My problem is that the moss poses a slip hazard that I'm un...
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My wife and I joined a RE mentoring and education group in the Houston, TX about a year ago and decided to pursue SFRs as a way to supplement retirement savings/income with a view toward possibly shifting to Apartment...
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When a tenant reports a stove that has stopped working, is it best to send a repair person or replace? If replacing, do you buy brand new and let the store deliver for you? I’m trying to get away from buying used a...
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Hello from the Beautiful NW area of Portland Oregon. I'm new to BP and a new RE investor. I'd like to get connected with other local RE investors.Any advice on great local meet-ups?Thanks in advance!Tiffany
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Hello All!I had a friend tell me about BP and I'm hoping this will help me get my real estate business off the ground. I've listened to the first 18 podcasts and plan on listening to them all. I live in Colorado Sprin...
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Hi everyone,What are your thoughts in Oakland, PA? Im trying to do my due diligence on the area.The high taxes of Allegheny, as well as year after year population decline worry me. However with CMU and Pitt being ri...
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Investment Info:
Single-family residence buy & hold investment.
Purchase price: $180,000
Cash invested: $55,000
This is our first Short-Term Rental out of the 3 total we need to be financially fr...
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I am looking to purchase a short term/vacation rental property in Eastern Long Island. I intitally was only looking into Hampton bays but there seems to be a cap on how much you can get for a summer rental (I was told...
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Hi everyone,
Is there any downside to reducing the rent for a tenant by 1/4 just to have them keep an eye out for anything that needs doing or watching over the property? It is sort of a long-distance property and we...