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Hi all!New to the BP site and excited to network with like-minded individuals about investing in real estate.A little about myself: born, raised and have lived my entire life in Wisconsin. Married with no human childr...
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I thought I would share my story with the hope that it inspires someone to start the home flipping adventure and/or saves someone from making some of the (costly) mistakes that I made. Note that I'm purposely not incl...
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My tenant decided to move out from my rivermark condo in santa clara . I used to easily find tenants for $2700 ( 1 bed , 1 bath) . However its been 2 weeks and inspite of me lowering rents to $2350 I am not even getti...
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How do I go about doing this with 20k in my pocket?
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What is your biggest gaf/stupid mistake that you have made in your career so far?It may include you ending up with egg on your face, missing something extremely obvious, or making a beginners mistake. I am sure we all...
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I'm one of the newbies here, but from what I've read in the forum and blog, my interest in Farmland and Timberland puts me squarely in the minority... As a conservative contrarian in most matters, I'm very comfortable...
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Hello all. Hope everyone has kept themselves safe. I’m new to the world of real estate investing. I live in Manassas, VA- a pretty western suburb of DC. My issue when trying to run numbers on potential deals is that t...
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Where are all my boring investors at? Does anyone else prefer good old buy-and-hold long-term rentals?
20-25% down, duplex, break even on cashflow in a promising area. That's what gets me excited.
I've done major r...
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Recently I received an ad showing that PTH (www.putianhouse.com) is selling pre fabricated houses and ships them from China. Does anyone have experience with this? I'm specifically interested in their light steel vill...
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We've all new to this game at some point. What was the biggest mistake you made when getting started? Did you discriminate against someone?Did you find your lease in the bottom of a Cracker Jack box?Did you let emotio...