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Economic Update
(Monday, June 15, 2020)
It’s official: The longest expansion in U.S. history ended in February as the economy fell into a deep recession, according to the National Bureau of Economic Research (“NBER”...
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Economic Update
(Monday, April 5, 2021)
Given the news from the labor, real estate, and manufacturing sectors, it's no surprise that “Consumer Confidence” in the U.S. has increased to the highest level since the b...
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Does anyone have experience refinancing an illegally zoned duplex? It's zoned single family, but set up as a duplex. It's within the City of Pittsburgh, which seems to be fairly lax about zoning (according to my PM)...
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Is anyone sending letters to their tenants in regard to the COVID-19 outbreak? If so, anyone have a sampling of what they are using?
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Here is the verbiage of the current NY State bill: https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/s8125
and, most offensively, HERE is the website of a movement to "CANCEL RENTS" https://www.housingjusticeforal...
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Hi BP,First, I'd like to thank everyone involved in running this amazing site, that's been a huge source of knowledge as I embark on my Real Estate investing journey. It's been an interesting journey so far but I am e...
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Hello BP,
I'm having the toughest time financing a duplex in Baltimore city, they had to push the closing date back 2 times already. It seems to be the appraiser that is holding it up. The property is designated a...
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Hi Everybody,
I'm in the process of closing on my first multi-family investment (3 units) right outside of Boston, MA which I'll be an owner-occupant and I'm hitting a snag. I was just hoping I could get some...