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Hello BiggerPockets Community!
I hope everyone's investments are thriving as we navigate the ever-changing currents of the real estate market. I thought it would be valuable to kick off a discussion about the latest ...
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Hi there everyone, I'm, like everyone here it seems like and am relatively new to REI. Right now I own one duplex in Ada county and am looking into anywhere else within 30-50 miles of Boise. Right now I'm in this weir...
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I’m curious to hear what everyone is doing to navigate this market with high interest ratesInvestors, agents, buyers/sellers and lenders what are you doing to close deals? Are you having to get creative? The Fed is pl...
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Economic Update
(August 3-7, 2020)
It’s 2020; a crazy C-R-A-Z-Y year. We are in the land ...
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What I am about to reveal below is a chapter of my life that, truth be told - I am embarrassed about. However, I have decided to share my story to inspire and teach a lesson to all investors, specially newbie investor...
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At the beginning of this year my partner and we’re considering building new houses due to the short supply of distressed properties in our market. Since then lumber prices alone are adding $24,000 to the cost of a typ...
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Good evening all.
So I have a quick question for my fellow Bakersfield Bigger Pocket members or anyone in the know of Bakersfields current market. I've narrowed my excuses for not jumping into investing ...
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For those of you still doing deals right now what are the biggest issues you are running into? How are you overcoming those? What do you need help with? Let’s start a discussion!
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First time investor, hopefully the start to long term financial independence. As someone starting out as long term buy-and-hold rental investor, we are looking for relatively good conditioned places in $125-300k/unit...
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Hello BP family! I have a few questions about how to analyze multi unit properties. My questions are 1) when you calculate cap x, vacancy rate, repairs, trash, water and sewer do you always use 5% of the monthly rent?...