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Greetings, I'm considering entering the market in Fire Island, specifically through the purchase of a single family home and exploiting the summer rental market. Does anyone have experience in this realm? Or any deals...
What's the best skip tracing service? Tlo, batchskiptracing , REIskip or lead sherpa are the ones I hear about the most...
Hello all,Buying my first property ($205,000 duplex). Having a very hard time deciding whether to put 15% down on a conventional loan at 2.9% interest. OR putting 3.5% down on an FHA loan for 2.5% interest with an add...
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Looking for a reliable class A contractor & an engineer to help in my 2 unit addition project. I have engaged with an architect who submitted plans to the city last year but has been delaying with very slow and so...
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Hello BP,I just finished reading Brandon's book on "Rental Property Investing" along with David Green's book on "BRRRR". Brandon emphasizes the need to analyze deals to ensure a property will cash flow AFTER accountin...
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House hacking is the strategy through which investors earn income by renting out “rooms” in their primary residence. ANYONE can be an investor and facilitate this strategy to pay for their mortgage on the home.
Hous...
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Hi Everyone
Recently I came across a duplex deal. The cap rate on the property is really good. The house is older house and needs some work like roof. Both the units are occupied and are income producing. One of the...
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I'm building (as developer, hiring a GC) five townhomes in Houston. Until now I've been building duplexes in Dallas. I have a decent set of cost data from those builds, but all the material and labor cost inflation/vo...
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Hello BP community,Do banks allow for properties to be leased as vacation rentals? If there is already a mortgage agreement in place, what would prohibit owners from entering the short term rental arena vs doing long-...
My family and I live in a home in a great neighborhood. The house (which is in my wife's name) is valued at approx $230,000. We purchased it 15 years ago for $80,000 and owe about fifty. We are now looking to move, bu...