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Hi BP Fam! I am a newbie investor and I've been doing a lot of research, reading and podcast listening over the past couple of weeks and came across BiggerPockets along the way. Currently, my goal is to start with p...
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What's your worst ESA / service animal story? Hopefully that's well behind you...I've long said that it will take big money lobbyists (likely from the air travel industry) to push into motion some type of regulation o...
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What is the biggest drawback/limitation to being a realtor compared to being a real estate investor?
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Me: 2-4 units (including multiple houses on 1 lot)
Location: SF Bay Area; Richmond, Oakland
Why?
1) 30yr fixed rate financing. I plan on owning the "fix and hold" properties I buy for AT LEAST...
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I rented a furnished home in Las Vegas, NV, to a fully screened tenant. I used the standard Nevada Residential Lease Agreement from the Greater Las Vegas Association of Realtors. I had to add an addendum for the home...
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Seems like out of no-where that BP has replaced David and Rob on the OG Podcast.Dave Meyers thanks David for his contribution in about a sentence and doesn't even mention Rob.No exit Podcast which tells me that it was...
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We get a lot of this, and sometimes, it really does baffle me. As my profile says, I'm an affordable-housing handyman landlord running a small outfit out here in Pittsburgh and doing what I do is NOT EASY. It's signif...
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It has been agressively stated here on BP that operating expenses average 50% of gross rents. I have posted many times that while that may be true with some properties, it is not accurate or appropriate to use this pe...
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Hi EveryoneAfter reading through many excellent posts, include the "Diary of a New Construction Project" by @J Scott and @Joshua Dorkin, I thought I might add our voice here on BP. I am proposing to track the entire l...
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Just wondering what people think about this. I mean, technically, a wholesaler is not buying houses, they are making a contract and selling that contract. What do you think?