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The ground floor of my duplex apartment is below-grade and has experienced water infiltration. I only recently bought the property and have repaired the leaks I can identify, but one appears to be coming from the outs...
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Hey BiggerPockets forum!I am an aspiring investor in the Philadelphia market. I am currently doing market research, particularly looking at crime data for different zipcodes. I am a bit stumped by how contradicting so...
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Hello,My investment team and I are located in Los Angeles California. We are preparing to invest in single family resident rental out of state. We have completed our main research phase and found some pretty promisi...
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I have a 5-unit multifamily lot in zip 60505. The lot is ready to break ground. Engineering and Architecture has been complete since Aug 2008. I am not in a position to do a construction loan to finish th...
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Hi all,I'm compiling a spreadsheet to help compare different potential out-of-state markets to buy and hold.Some hard and soft criteria include (1) job growth; (2) Population; (3) Diversity of Industry; (4) Housing Pr...
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How do you define "over improving?"Is it improving to the point where it increases cost to recoup?Is it improving to the point that the end result is conspicuous relative to similar properties?Both, something else? I...
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Proper Insurance has been a great partner for us, except, they will be dropping us due to high fire risk for our mountain cabin property. Their Commercial STR insurance product and services has served us well and I wo...
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Hello all, I am thinking of investing with around 100k as a down payment on a rental in the mountains. I am not looking for a vacation home, but for actual returns on an investment property, whether it be through shor...
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Hello. We have a townhouse property in NY and next it to there's an empty lot. A new neighbor wants to develop another townhouse in the empty lot and needs an agreement from all the neighbors his townhouse will be ...
Hello everyone,For all those who have already started their REI career, I was wondering how many of you began by investing in your local area, or a place within driving distance from where you live, as compared to out...