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Hello BP squad!I’m looking to do a house hack here in Southern California’s LA area this year, but I was hoping I could pick your brains first. Just to give you an idea of what I’m trying to do, I’d ideally like to pu...
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Yesterday I went house shopping with my brother. He just got a new job and is moving to town. The house he chose was one of the nicest houses I have ever seen. By contrast I live in a trailer park with my friend who d...
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I would still classify myself as a newbie in the real estate investing world, i have 3 rentals currently, but they all came from my military days as personal owned homes that i kept and turned into rentals, i had 7 re...
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I was kind of intereted in knowing what each of you has named your business.
I think it is an interesting question because I think that a lot of investors just name the actual business something bland because it's ...
We are selling our primary home in a very hot San Diego market. We received multiple offers, pushing the price 40k+ over asking. Accepted offer came from a buyer utilizing an appraisal gap clause to offer an addition...
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I'm thinking about looking into American Home Shield to warranty my appliances for my rental properties. Does anyone have any exposure to using a home warranty or home warranties similar to American Home Shield?
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I've spoken to several bankers including some referred from The Short Term Shop about doing a 10% down vacation property loan and any time I've mentioned considering rental income they have all stated that if it's an ...
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Hi,
I was originally trying to buy a two-family in a good school district to househack, but the market is too hot now that I do not feel like overpaying those move-in condition properties. Right now I'm exploring th...
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I am looking for feedback on what holes/errors there are in my creative financing plan.Backstory: I just moved to the Indianapolis area 4 months ago from Las Vegas and decided to give REI a shot. I have been immersing...
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Hi BP Community,So I am pretty new here and I apologize if I haven't quite got my head wrapped around some of the RE metrics and/or correct forum to even start this thread. But a potential value-add opportunity came ...