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Outlined for brevity.Recently bought a duplex. My first multi family investment transaction.Realtor used Form 21 Residential Real Estate Purchase and Sale Agreement.No clauses for requesting the pertinent financials ...
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I've been working on jobs i don't like and aren't paying much. I don't have alot of credit established and i can't qualify for loans. I'm really just frustrated with the process of entering real estate without any cre...
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A BP friendship with @Tom Yung this past summer led to a JV to rehab an Atlanta property Mr. Yung had picked up in a Dekalb County tax foreclosure. The house is located in east Atlanta in the Edgewood neighborhood an...
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Hi all-Let me start out by saying I've been following this site for a little while now and I love the insight that you all provide. This really is a fantastic resource.About me-I've been blessed with great parents wh...
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Hey Y'all, I had a question on mind. So i found a home, its listed above $400,000 Duplex in the Sunny side Place area, if you are from houston you know gentrification is happening around this are. The home has been on...
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I am here trying to get started on the path of real estate and am finding that everyone I talk to (minus people on BP) are almost trying to push me away from the real estate world. Comments like "being a landlord suck...
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The really invaluable part of this experience has been education. I and my wife who was a designer of the project have learned a lot. We certainly made mistakes along the way, however understanding what went wrong pro...
Im sure many of us have read all the warnings and reviews of buying low price properties, and the problems typically associated with them, but all that considered, it is what first attracts a lot of people , indeed th...
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For those of you who actively choose to invest in high crime areas, what do you make sure to factor into your numbers? -higher vacancy-higher possibility of turnover -hiring a property management company with skill an...
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I'm in Southern CA and realize, based on the Podcasts, that the 2% rule can still be found in the Midwest or perhaps FL. Since the market has picked back up, I'm wondering if it still exists...generally? Or have other...