Hey BP community! I've been wanting to write a post like this for a while and as the time nears for me to jump into REI, I feel like now is the right time. I would like to share a bit of my story with you along with m...
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Hello BP Family, Thank you for opening this post. I'd like to start an intelligent and informative discussion on our predictions for the Bay Area (South-Bay, SF, East-Bay and Peninsula) in 2017. Understanding prices h...
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Hi BP community- longtime lurker, rare poster. I've seen many, such as Ben Leybovich, decry SFR properties, but I have a hard time understanding why- from the perspective of a smaller investor.I work full time, and o...
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Hello,Does anyone have experience with using Securities Based Lending for funding deals? Specifically, I am looking at partnering with an individual who owns securities (stock and mutual funds) having them take out a ...
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What other types of investments do you do?
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I'm sitting here going through listings that my agent sent me. More accurately, going thru through the listings that are auto-generated. That led me to thinking... what exactly does my agent do to get 3% of my money...
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Looking to enter in real estate buy and hold , need some help where to start I live in Long Island NYThanks
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As first-time landlords in California, when our "nice" tenant moved out, we didn't think to give a pre-move out inspection. We didn't know we were supposed to. On the morning the tenant moved out, the property was lef...
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Hello,We have tenants that moved to Florida from out of state and didn’t have rental history, jobs, and also a low credit score. We rented to them as they had cash from selling their home and paid us first, last, and...
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Hi everyone!
I am a real estate agent in the Metro Atlanta area and looking for some wholesale/off market property deals. I feel like many people talk about how great it is to deal with Wholesalers because you have ...