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Hello Bigger Pockets Community!Currently I live in NYC and am looking to invest in a property (first one). As many of you may know, NY is expensive! Because of this, I'd like to look into a rental property out of stat...
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When you rehab for retail or for rental, do you do some things that are not very expensive, but that bring a big wow effect?
Here are some things I do:
I've done my share of 100-year old houses and ofte...
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I am preparing to rent my first unit for $2000/month. To ask for first, last month rent, and security deposit of $2000 seems too much ($6000) for people renting a home. I was thinking first month and security. I kn...
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I'm looking into purchasing a multi family, my question is ,I'm sure it varies by location, but which would be a better investment 3/2 or 2/1 or 3/1? I'm guessing 2/1 would have less vacancy but 3/2 would interest h...
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Hello fellow Central Minnesota real estate investors. Tomorrow night the City of St. Cloud, MN will have a meeting to discuss and vote on increasing the conversion fee for the second time in two years. In 2014 the fee...
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So, I am currently a part-time real estate agent while I finish college (one year to go). My license went active on Jan. 01, 2016. So far I have gained my first listing and am working with a few buyer clients. However...
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I dare to invest in my first rental income property. I want to start small with perhaps a $50,000 home and rent it out while adhering to the 1-2% rules of cash flow.
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Hello, my name is Betsy I’ve recently been saving up and looking into getting an investment property and the different strategies the one that call my attention was house hacking and was looking for more information o...
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Hi Everyone!I am looking to buy my first property in Houston in a few months and was looking to get some experienced insights of the real estate market over there. I have only visited there once so I dont have enough ...
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Thought it would be interesting to know if other landlords have any stories in their area that involve landlords getting in big trouble. Here in Cedar Rapids Bob Miell was at one point the largest private landlord in ...