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Ok folks I have been a independent investigator for 20 years now. One thing that holds true is that about 95% of the time what people are selling you in order for you to make more money doesn't work in the real world....
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I have a rental single-family home in California doesn’t cash flow well. I’m thinking of exchanging it for a commercial property such as medical office building or a small shopping center. With the recession is on eve...
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Curious about everyone's thoughts on this. 2020 was a weird year for so many reasons, but one result of the pandemic here in Chicago was a temporary decrease in Assessed Value of properties for the 2020 fiscal year. O...
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Do you do your own interior design for flips or hire a designer? Finding it hard to justify hiring a designer where I will basically be telling them to design the most bland / mass market appeal space. Usually I will ...
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I got my first wholesale deal...well almost. I was reached out to by the property owner of a commercial building- used to be a tattoo shop downstairs and a 3 br 1 ba upstairs. It is currently on the market for 310k an...
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Hi All, This is my first post to BP so bare with me. I've been listening for about a year and have read 3 or 4 of the "classic" real estate books. With all of this information I'm still a little fuzy on the timing bet...
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correct me if I'm wrong but today had an appointment with a seller, everything was going good but when I told her I was planning on doing a double escrow she backed out. She had said that it was illegal to do this. Is...
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Here's the question to pose to all you BP folks. How do you feel about mixed properties?A mixed property being a mix of a commercial and residential use in one property. Hence the mixed term. Most often you'll find...
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The house is clearly on a sinkhole, you can see the house being ripped apart. To protect myself I am not going to post the address. I just find it funny because nothing in the description is about the property, just a...
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I'm just curious - do you include "D and F" when talking about different property types? Or just "A, B, or C?" I'm just wondering what the general consensus on BP is. Like... I've got an "A" property in a "C" area. ...