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Good Afternoon!I am new to real estate investing and I am very eager to learn as much as I can about the industry. I have a little background in the capital markets sector of commercial real estate appraisal/valuation...
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Are there any Chicago landlords out there familiar with smoke detector code in Illinois/Chicago? My understanding is that all smoke detectors need to be hardwired near each bedroom. I just bought a building and, for...
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BP is a great site w/ lots of information and resources out there. However, no matter how great of a job everyone does here, there will always be those looking to take advantage of others. I am not going to say if i...
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Hi Everyone,
The BP community (you all) have inspired me to begin to take action.
I started with driving for dollars. Spent several days driving around town and identified 261 dilapidated homes to market to. Sent t...
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Hello BP community! I have not started investing yet, still learning and working on developing a business plan. I'm about 80% sure that I want to do house flipping, so that's what my current business plan is revolved ...
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So here is the rub my fellow BP'ers.I work in the oil and gas industry. More specifically I work offshore on rigs in the Gulf of Mexico. I will typically spend about 8 months of the year offshore. That is 7 days a wee...
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In about 60 days I'll be making my first purchase. I've been overseas for work(military in Korea) and will get back to the states in Feb, and plan to get my first property in March. I feel like 30 days of being back...
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My business operates in San Francisco, and office rents are far in excess of what we can afford.We recently stumbled upon Workshop Cafe (https://www.workshopcafe.com/) where my team and I currently work.The business f...
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Hi,I’m trying to get my first rental property but don’t have a w2 that shows substantial income. I’m self employed and I barely even pay myself on paper so I’m wondering how I can actually get my first mortgage. I tri...
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I'm interesting in bidding on a foreclosed property with auction.com. What I need to prepare for as far the unclear title?
From what I can read on the internet I want to obtain an owner's title insurance pol...