I'm a 19-year-old college student in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. I recently talked to a doctor who is aspiring to live in Manhattan, New York about real estate.When I asked him about how I wanted to start investing in r...
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Happy New Year!
I am from Houston Metro and have been investing in out of state (OOS, or remote) for about 9 years. I own rental properties in five US states (UT, ID, CA, FL, TX). I started investing in 2012 and inv...
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I’ve been personally investing in tax lien certificates lately.
If you don’t know what tax liens are, basically when a landowner or homeowner fails to pay the taxes on their property, a tax lien certificate is issued...
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Do you go with a 30 year mortgage or 15 year? I just closed on my first REI and took the 15 year. It was $146 more per month on a $60k loan. Seemed like a no brainer with the interest savings. It's not cash flowing mu...
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I was once a buy and hold investor. Then one day, my light was turned off by the power company, in the house I lived in.How could that happen? I had 40 houses, but I was always robbing Peter to pay Paul. Edison, the p...
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Hi Everyone,Last night I went to a real estate invest presentation.I responded to an ad on Craig’s list and was invited to a presentation. The presenter was really entertaining, he went over the company (Renatus), off...
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I just got a Bigger Pockets email with an article about all the reasons I should not invest out of state. I live in the SF Bay Area and can not afford to buy in state and that article scares the s*^+ out of me.
If I ...
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Affirmative:"Home owners will panic sell increasing inventory causing a "crash" because they think the bubble is going to burst"This isn't my personal prediction. I'm not selling. I can't help but wonder if the mark...
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With so much speculation about the market and its direction, are you waiting on the sidelines, ready to pounce, or are you still pushing forward with conservative underwriting regardless of what the market does?
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Hi guys, Was wondering if I could get your input. Our first out of state investment has been a learning experience for sure. Our PM said we'd need some yard work and house cleaning estimating it to be $800 -$1000. I s...