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Hi,
I am a new comer to the forum and am a first time home buyer. I am looking for some advice on buying a unit that I currently rent from a landowner. It gets tricky since I am doing this without a real esta...
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When is the best time to ask your new / possible future tenant for a background check? Is it before you interview them? After you interview them? Or after you have showed them your rental?
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If the virus survives into the warmer months, the Fed will likely lower rates at their meeting in late April. Here's to another year of low mortgage rates!
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I'm writing this post to get everyones opinions on a deal I'm considering.All of my previous deals I have purchased were for cashflow. This deal I'm considering has minimal cashflow( 1K-2K a month) but has a high equi...
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I had a person randomly contact me and ask to buy a property I own.
I agreed on a low price because he promised a swift and easy transaction.
After going under contract, it’s turned into a 6 month+ saga, with the bu...
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Hello BPers,
Newbie here ;-) Lot of info and research to be done here.. I have been studying lot of articles and forums to choose my first rental investment.. Not to mention watching all the success stories and podca...
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My partner and I have done a lot of research, and I know how to find leads by looking for blue tarps, beat up houses, tall grass, etc. We have found more than 10 abandoned homes, and we have tried to contact the homeo...
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Greetings Biggerpockets Community, I have a situation with an out of state agent and I'm curious if someone who has dealt with this kind of behavior before can lead me in the right direction:I found (what I thought) w...
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Hi all, I'm currently under contract for my first rental property in South Florida and I'm finding that the closing cost provided seems high for a smaller loan size. I've attached a picture of the fees worksheet which...
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Hi Everyone,I have liked a Single Family home in Vallejo, CA and put in a contract. However I received the disclosures as well as the CC&R after sending the offer. I wanted to stay in the property and rent out aft...