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Maybe this is more a vent session but being a new investor I'm shocked that Pro Formas are as misleading as they are.I'm dealing with sellers who are selling to investors but their Pro Formas are written as if they we...
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Naturally, real estate is a risk when it comes to flipping, renting, STR's, whatever. Minor risk, but investing is a risk. That being said, there are a lot of drawbacks when people are looking to get started. Me perso...
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My wife and I have saved up a down payment and are moving to Utah soon so we've really stepped up our search. We currently manage a 30 unit apartment complex in San Francisco so we feel like we'd like to start with a ...
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Request investors familiar with the area to chime in on the current market conditions in York, PA. In my analysis, it seems that the market is very saturated with lots of open inventory. I have an opportunity to inv...
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Hello everyone!
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IntroMy name is Damien and I’m excited to have recently joined the BiggerPockets Community! I’ve just recently been introduced to real estate investing and Bigger pockets by a frien...
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considering using a hard money lender for my first flip. any advice on what are good terms to look for? bad terms to watch out for?
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I'm trying to purchase my first investment property. I'm looking at the following two properties. I'm having analysis-paralysis. Without experience, it's difficult to just look at the numbers and decipher if either or...
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Good Morning! I am analyzing my first deal and either it's a really terrible deal (it isn't, at least not to the extent the calculator shows where my expenses increase and my equity decreases over time) or I am not us...
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Hello all! I have tried finding post regarding this question but couldn't really find what I'm looking for. I'm new to STR's and was wondering, from a big picture view : How do you run the numbers on a potential STR? ...
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*This link comes directly from our calculators, based on information input by the member who posted.Hi Everyone, I wanted to get the forums to take on this deal I'm looking to move on. It...