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Hey BP - I'm a 28 year old living just outside of Denver. My short term goal is to buy a home for a personal residence. My long term is to build equity and an income portfolio through rental properties. With the Denve...
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As a kid I spent a lot of time in my Grandfather's real estate office on Center Street in Provo, UT. Part of that may have been the old time Coke machine that offered chilled bottles of Fanta Red Cream Soda, and a t....
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Hi everyone, I am curious to know how investors determine the market rents on their properties. I am using a site called rentometer and I like it. I do think that they are a little on the higher side so I wanted to kn...
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Hi BP community,
Mara Altman here from Southern California! I've been a full-time investor for three years now, working with everything from single family fix-and-flips to large scale buy and holds. My curren...
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What are your steps to vetting a new contractor?
E.g - getting copies of the insurance and license?
Anything else?
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Hello:New agent here and I'm searching for an easy to use CRM that is low cost to get me started. Free would be even better. I do plan on using it for email blast and would hope it would integrate with my Facebook/e...
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We live in NYC, which according to BP 2015 Market Analysis Report is the third worst place in the country, so my wife and I are looking at nearby markets to invest in instead. Since I have family in Allentown, PA and ...
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Hi everyone, I'm in the process of attempting to find my 1st rental for the BRRRR strategy and I wanted to make sure my math was right regarding the process.For example,If I purchase a property for 150K with a 30K reh...
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Hello allI have 5 rental properties(12 doors)and I have been using spread sheets and an account book app but it's getting a huge mess and I would like to get prepared for upcoming tax filing. I have 5 different bank ...
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After some trepidation, I used Transunion Smartmove for the first time to do a tenant background check.And, I'm a bit confused by their report.I paid for their QuickCheck Plus version, the more expensive version, and ...