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I've heard of many reasons to decline funding a mortgage over the years but this one is a new one to me.From a HARD MONEY LENDER not a bank. You'll recognize the name when I post it (not now) as they advertise here o...
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Hello BP!I recently made a cross country move to Wisconsin following my college graduation. This means I'm not overly familiar with the local market (I would like to stay local for my first investment[s]). I have been...
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In these market times if you are a real estate investor then you are familiar with the term “Value Add” but if you are not familiar, value add simply means do something to a property to improve its value. Typically t...
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Hello! I just joined Bigger Pockets and am not 100% sure how to use the forum. I own a home in Upstate, NY that has 3 rental units in it. I bought it 17 years ago and had zero idea what I was doing, somehow it worked ...
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I live in SE Rural Iowa. My market here is small, as my village is small. Yet I have found my first investment property that I am willing to make an offer on. I am delighted to have stumbled over the BP website. I...
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I just purchased a single-family home in a college town. I would love to talk to someone who has rented to college students before and sort of pick their brain.
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I post this here because new investors make this mistake more than others.
I am a builder/developer in Texas. We have had a few investors invest in our neighborhoods at the advice of an unscrupulous realtor who also...
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Hello All! This is my first post although I've been an avid bigger pockets reader for a while now! So hello!I've been around real estate since before I was born, it's all my parents talked about around our house. They...
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I have a big pile of keys I keep with me everywhere I go for all oIr rentals and it’s getting to be out of hand. Multiple key Rings all clipped together.
There has got to be a better way to transport keys from vehicle...
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Hi everyone! My husband and I are looking at purchasing a rental property, and we already have a specific tenant in mind for it. He has a minor mental disability and receives disability checks, which he would use to...