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Hi All! We are OOS investors in the Columbus market and about to close on our 20th unit. We wondered if it's standard practice in purchase contracts of SFH to allow a seller to stay up to 30 days in their home before ...
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My partners and I are in contract to sell a small vacant lot in Philadelphia for $35,000, which we bought a year and a half ago for $20,000. I know its not a lot of money, but I was hoping I'd do a 1031, but I was to...
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The more I listen , the more I love that my brother introduced me to this idea of real estate! I'm learning and getting more excited each day! New goal is posting on BP that I have found a good house to finally make ...
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Hi there, fellow agents.I was under the impression that the only person who could pay an agent is their employing broker. I thought this was a law, but can't remember if it's CO specific, or maybe I just dreamed the w...
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We live in Seattle. Been doing traditional rental investing a couple years and looking to get into Airbnb/vacation rentals.Are there any resources to read to familiarize myself between differences of vacation vs Airb...
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Excerpt from Bigger Pockets intro to real estate investing article:
You’ve probably heard the age-old high school guidance counselor question, “If you suddenly had one-million dollars and didn’t have to work anymore...
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I am new. To everything Real Estate. I'm almost done with the BRRRR's book, listened to over 100 hours of Podcasts and 40 or so hours on YouTube videos dealing with Real Estate Investments. I started by looking up any...
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I understand that "like kind" is extremely generous, so trading vacant land for real estate shouldn't be a problem. But is a "vacation home" that gets rented out on VRBO or the like when not being used by owner consid...
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Hi BP,Total newbie question here. When sending direct mail to potential sellers, some of the examples I've seen say something like this: "we pay CASH for your house".When sending a letter like that, do you need to act...
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The value of bitcoin has skyrocketed, has anyone here cashed out yet for REI purposes? It seems ironic to use a highly volatile currency to fund a sometimes volatile industry. As real estate investors, do you find the...