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Hi All,
My husband and I are new investors. We have set up our Self-Directed IRA account and we are ready to go. The "frustrations," if you will, are abundant and we need some experienced direction. For obvious reaso...
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Hi All!I'm looking for recommendations for hard money lenders, gap funders and other sources of funding that are "newbie" friendly. I have gathered some information but would like to do a bit more searching before I m...
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Despite the seemingly abundant headlines about institutions diving head first into the single family housing market, they only control only 2% – 3% of single family rentals. The majority of rentals are owned by small ...
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Hi all,My wife and I are buying a duplex in San Diego and house hacking. The place needs a new roof and electrical upgrades, and we're thinking of bundling that all into a solar upgrade at the same time. This will be ...
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Hi,
Looking for advice. I started late, and my fiancé and I moved to Sarasota, Florida last June. Couldn’t afford to buy in California and we were just living to work and get by
We both own our own businesses, we...
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Hello,I have been listening to the BP podcasts for several months now and signed up at about the same time. It is hard to believe that I am just now introducing myself. The amount of knowledge on this site and in th...
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I did an informal survey of multifamily apartment owners and asked them what characteristics of tenants are the least likely to get evicted. The most common answer I received was it is best to rent to single moms with...
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Hi-My tenent in a single family house has requested permission to get a dog. They already have a couple cats and pay $30/month extra for that. If they get a dog - requested German Shepherd or pitbull - then I will nee...
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Good day BPCurious as to your opinion on the concept of buying points and whether it makes sense.3 family property Mortgage 600k will be House hacking. I can buy points to reduce interest rate. A .25 reduction equa...
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I can't seem to find a definitive answer to this.Some people say that the limit is 10 properties (not loans), so even if all 10 properties were under 1 loan, you would be at the limit. Is this the case?Also, does it m...