Hey everyone! I’ve always had a huge interest in real estate, and now that I’m 18 I want to take that interest even further. I am from New Jersey and plan on attending college in California this upcoming fall. I’m sea...
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Hello, fellow BiggerPocketers! I've been listening to the podcast for the last couple months and I finally decided to join this awesome community and create my first post.
As the heading suggests, I am gradua...
I do my own leasing and screen tenants.
Unlike stocks, a tenant's past performance is a guarantee of future results.
(i.e. if there are red flags in their past, there will be red flags in your future if...
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I am a local contractor in the Houston area and im starting to run into a very bothersome problem. I sometimes sub out certain trades to do work for me and they always ask for money upfront. I dont ask for money upfro...
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Hello Everyone! First time poster here at BP, although I have read through the forum a lot trying to determine my path from employee to business owner!
I want to share my story for all of those people who ask...can ...
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My father passed away in April of 2017. My 2 brothers and I were not interested in taking ownership of the home because even though he owned it outright in 2015 he ended up with another mortgage on the home when he pa...
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When I was younger, before I knew that hard credit inquiries had any affect on credit -before I even knew that you couldn't get credits cards without having any credit score, I applied for a few things and now I have ...
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Im currently looking at a Fourplex in West Texas.Unit 1 -- 3 BR 2 BAUnit 2 -- 2 BR 2 BAUnit 3 -- 3 BR 2 BAUnit 4 -- 2 BR 2 BAAll four units are rented at $625, $525, $625, $525. Total monthly income is $2300. It has...
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Thinking about purchasing an investment property.
I can get a VA loan that will buy up to a quad without any money down up to about $125k. Loan would be at about 4 to 4.5%.
I can get a bank loan with 20% down. Onl...
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For the more expensive properties that go beyond being "good homes in good neighborhoods" for the average middle/upper-middle-class buyer, is it more likely that there will be different things that would attract someo...