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Hello all, I am from Toronto, Ontario and own a few properties locally. I am looking to diversify and start with by buying a small apartment building in the upstate NY area (a few hours drive for me).
From my resear...
I'm going to sound like a real novice on this one....How do people make money by owning condominium buildings? Not the units, but the building itself?Do the people that own the units pay them a fee? How much is it usu...
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Hi BP! Excited to join this amazing community. Been listening to the podcasts for quite some time and quietly browsing the forums but this is my first post! I live in NYC and have 50-75k cash ready to put into REI mea...
Hi BP Forums,Have a question that may be tough to answer - it's probably very dependent on local regulation. But I need to start somewhere, and formulate my approach...I viewed a 2-family house yesterday. Beautiful ...
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Investment Info:
Small multi-family (2-4 units) buy & hold investment in Glendale.
Purchase price: $690,000
Cash invested: $80,000
We purchased an underutilized duplex in Glendale, California in ...
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Hello Chicago BP community, I am posting this for a friend who is currently not on this forum:He is currently looking to purchase his first primary residence and is confused between Evanston (apt/condos) vs Buffalo Gr...
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Hello BP family! I have a few questions about how to analyze multi unit properties. My questions are 1) when you calculate cap x, vacancy rate, repairs, trash, water and sewer do you always use 5% of the monthly rent?...
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Hello everyone. Newbie here looking to learn a little bit of everything that there is to know about real estate investing that can help me get started. The goal for me, is not to make this a primary source of income, ...
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NYC market is so different from many other cities, but only borough from borough, but also different neighborhoods in the same borough. I'm tired of paying high rent and considering starting to check some places in Q...
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Rates are supposed to go down. All the major forecasts for mortgage rates are still pointing slightly down for 2025. But ever morning for the last 2 weeks I see the 10 year T-bill up another 10 basis points or so, and...