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Hi,I'm looking to get an understanding of some of the locations in LA County and Ventura county. Are there any areas that you would recommend staying away from, and why?I am interested in the following, and plan to dr...
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Hello BiggerPockets! My name is Tom DiMeo and I'm a 23 year old aspiring investor from New Jersey. I'm fresh out of school and working in finance/risk management. I have a solid understanding of investing in a broad s...
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I am looking to buy my first rental investment property, and after analyzing the market where I live (Traverse City, MI) for some time, I’m thinking there are other places within an hour or so that may provide more ba...
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Hello all,
Noob real estate scholar here. I am inexperienced as a tenant and would like to see how the pros conduct their due diligence when renting.
I like to drive to a candidate rental neighborhood at night, pre...
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Hey everyone! My name is Justin and I would like to first of all just say thank you for any and all advice I get from this post. I am a former police officer and am using my retirement from that to invest. After taxes...
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I keep reading news about how in a lot of cities, people are moving further out to lower costs since they can WFH. Furthermore, since Austin just defunded the police, what are everyone's thoughts about how safe it wil...
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I recently won an auction for a house. (Judicial tax sale so we couldn't go in before to check out the inside.) I paid $29,000 for a small house on a 1/3 of an acre lot in a great area. The houses on either side ar...
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Has anyone been watching Stay Here on Netflix? It’s the typical house flipping show, only with short term rentals that people are starting up or having troubles with. Some pretty good ideas! I watched all the episodes...
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We have a 52,000 sq ft shopping center with retail and medical on the first floor, and second floor has professional and medical tenants. We have a chiropractor tenant upstairs who has been in the center over 20 years...
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Hey BP,
I wanted to get feedback on my first possible deal. Please let me know what you guys think.
The owner of the home passed and now the son is selling the property. The unit in which the owner live...