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I recently came across a small duplex that is FSBO in a ghetto. I've heard about the strong cash flow properties in low income areas can produce but I'm also aware of the downfalls of investing in not so favorable are...
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California is on fire and they don't have enough water to stop it.
California is the richest state in the USA.
California has 3,427 miles of Coastline.
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Make it make sense.
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It's not talking this time, though, if you've been paying attention, you know that I've been preaching this message for years... Here's an email from this morning names and locations edited out):Hey Ben - Really enjo...
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Hi allQuestion for those of you with experience on choosing rental properties to invest in. As I am looking through the list of properties my agent has provided me, I have noticed that there are a lot of properties o...
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Does anyone know whether there is already an article somewhere on BP about how to become a private lender? I have some cash that I want to put to work, but I do not know how to start out as a private lender, what t...
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I'm trying to break the paralysis of analysis. I've done one bad deal.
I see REI as the only viable way to accumulate wealth for my family's circumstances.
1. The following is in outline form so that I don’t worr...
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In my lovely area of Seattle, the city council and the entire state government here are socialists. I live in the People's Republic of Seattle. The liberal government here believes that it is evil to make a profit.1) ...
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We had the sidewalk and driveway redone on the tenant side of our duplex. Yesterday the concrete was poured. This afternoon I noticed that a smile, a pentagram and a third illegible mark had been inscribed in the now ...
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I haven't posted much on this forum, but have been lurking for a little over half a year. I thought it was time to bring up some of my thoughts/experiences with college SFH rentals.
I am a very novice REI and current...
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Hello,My tenant just let us know that her son (11 months) just tested positive for lead poisoning. We also live there and just had a baby 5 months ago and she advised us that we need to get our son tested ASAP (it is ...