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Dear BP members,
In these tough economic times I would like to get your opinions. What would you do? Here is my situation:
Last year I purchased a new construction SFR in Sarasota FL which appreciated nicely in th...
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I am a fairly new investor and have pondered a decision on my first single family home:a)Refinance the loan to increase monthly cash flow. Or, stay the course with minimal monthly cash flow and faster loan pay off.I h...
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We're looking to purchase our first rental (investor couple mid 40's, early 50's respectively). We plan on borrowing about 60,000-70,000. Is it better to do a 30 year mortgage with approx. 200+ cash-flow margin or a 1...
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Long story short, we just completed a rehab put it on the market a couple of Fridays ago, and had five offers on the property by the end of the weekend. We had several offers at or near list price, and decided negoti...
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Good afternoon everyone. I live in California and as most of you guys know the houses here are expensive. I’m looking into buying and renting out some property in Idaho, I have a friend who lives out there so I have s...
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Here are the specifics. I have ownership with my wife and older son and his wife, all 25% each as members in two different properties. One is a 5 plex, Powell Properties Milton St, LLC and another 8 plex, Powell Prope...
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So more of a curiosity question.....what's going on in West Texas? The state is on fire - business friendly, good weather, low taxes (with the exception of property), jobs, growing population, etc. It seems Dallas a...
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I'll likely write about this on the blog in more detail, but this week I closed on a refinance of the last private money balloon that I had... Brandon Turner tells me I can retire now, and while I don't know about th...
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This is a bit of a hypothetical, but I'm starting to think it's going to happen at some point. It's also a funny story. :)I'm currently in the middle of evicting one of my tenants, Nora Jerk. Nora is a single lady wit...
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Hey BP!Quick question maybe some of you could help me out. I’m trying to better understand the process for investing out of state (or even out of city).Basically: what is your process for choosing what state, city, or...