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A tenant has suggested we use the services ZELLE or Venmo to collect rents. Currently we use snail mail to our P.O. box to collect rent checks. Is anyone familiar with these services, and can you tell me how they wo...
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Economic Update
(Monday, March 29, 2021)
This pandemic has really exposed the fault lines in our workforce demographics. It has exposed the divide between those who can work from home and those who can’t (deemed e...
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Who has had their rental significantly damaged by a hurricane/tornado/flooding? What's the basic steps if the house isn't habitable? I'm guessing we end the lease, contact insurance, do repairs - then relist it for ...
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Hi all!I am just starting my real estate investment journey and am glad to have this as a resource. So here goes, I’m pretty risk adverse to an extent and I think my plan is the following: I would like to find some ...
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I am a currently an Owner/Operator of a Gas station but do not own the property. I have been there for nine years and recently my landlord has given me the option to purchase the property from him as he wants to get i...
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I need some insight and opinions. My partners and I are trying to decide on building house that will be affordable to end users $100K-$130K, but "easy" on the pocket.We are currently think of building multiple small ...
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Hey hey! I’m fairly new to BP - been listening to lots of podcasts for like 4 months now and read a couple of BP books. I’m about to be back in Gainesville, FL for my final semester of graduate school. Any BP folks in...
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I'm desperate for help in this real estate investing business!! I just turned 18, and I was on my way to becoming a registered nurse, but I found out about real estate investing by email from rich dad education. I att...
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Greetings
I have been listening to the Bigger Pockets podcast for 5 months and I have finally decided it is time to join to discussion. I am a small business consultant in the Bay Area. I mostly work with sm...
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Hi everyone,I am a new member here at BP, but have been scrolling over your forums and listening to some of the podcasts for quite a while now. A little information about me - I have a full time job in IT Support, w...