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How many people are financially free on here? For those of you who are, do you still work or are you "retired" and living off the cash flow? If you are financially free, which method did you use to acquire it? (ie buy...
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I have 3 young lads who are renting one of my apartments (a 2 unit multifamily) I will use names as Mr A, Mr B and Mr C. Mr A is signatory to the lease but on the lease is states that MR B and Mr C will also be livin...
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I want to personally thank the BP Community for being so helpful and very humble with all of the questions us newbies always have.
With the help of this great network my wife and I were able to start our OOS invest...
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Hello, I am a new member to BP and currently saving up to invest in real estate with my cousin as a partner (also currently working on getting my real estate license). We decided on renting out small multi-families to...
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Seems I keep getting beat on properties going for full price and more. These deals often have low returns and function solely on best case scenarios in my opinion. Anything good is snapped up quickly. At this point...
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So I'm in the process of trying to sell my Single Family Homes in the Midwest (Springfield IL) in order to purchase another property here in San Diego (occupied 2-4) unit that will be around $0 cashflow at best, assu...
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So was listening to an economist today that specializes in working with REITS and other top players in the industryhe got on MFHis point was as things shake out.. A and B rents will go down and C renters will leave ...
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Every day in the forums it's the same thing. "I'm just getting started and I've analyzed a ton of deals (never seen any in real life) in several markets that are nowhere near where I live because where I live there ar...
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I know the "50% rule" is bandied about as gospel here in the forums, but haven't seen any actual, hard data that says that operating expenses tend to be ~50% of gross rent income. I'd like to verify this number is, in...