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Hello! My name is Nicolas and this is my first post on the forums!I am looking into real estate investing in and around the Chicago area (preferably out of cook county to avoid their insane taxes). For my first rental...
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Im looking to flip around socal. I was wondering what are peoples average profit margins here? How much are you making per flip? Does the 70% rule apply to here? How competitive is it finding distressed properties ? H...
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I'm new to REI and currently exploring Rochester Student Housing. I live in Buffalo region and as i have been priced out of good areas in N.Buffalo, i'm exploring Rochester.I have a prospective property in S Plymouth ...
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So, do I have a right to be angry with my agent. I have worked many angles over the years in real estate. Right now I am in a fix and flip mode and have been looking for a certain type of deal which is relatively hard...
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Hi I just want to make sure my numbers are correct on this deal before I put down the EM and sign the contracts.I pulled comps myself(I`m not too confident in my ability to determine ARV on my own yet).ARV is around $...
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I have a rental property in Cedar Park Texas currently occupied by tenants. The recent-huge tax increase has left with negative cash inflow of about 200-300 per month. I think we do not have much scope to increase the...
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The water & electricity are both turned off on this fixer upper property that I have under contract with the wholesaler. Do you recommend that I get an inspection report? I plan to hire a GC to manage all the diff...
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Hi BP fam I am a rookie investor from Chicago and been reading forums on sandwich lease options and I would like to use that as my strategy to begin as an investor and wanted to know if I need a real estate license to...
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Hi everyone!This is my first time posting and I’m so happy I found out about bigger pockets. I really want to buy my first rental property but I live in Orange County so it way out of my price range. I have 70k saved ...
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Hey Guys!If you were to come across an opportunity that granted you seemingly unlimited capital to work with, what would you do?Flip?Buy/Hold?Syndication?Commercial?New Development?International Investing?Short term/V...