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I am a physician. For years, I owned and self-managed or had a property manager for up to 5 SFR at a time. After a divorce, I sold all 5 properties and made money (1 was basically break-even). However, managing was ti...
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So I am 7 years in business and do pretty well on my own, and looking to do more sales with my wife joining me recently. My question is: Do I start my own brokerage or stay with a broker and continue to give up some c...
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My wife and I are planning to rent out an older airstream in the Hill Country of Texas (between San Antonio and Austin) with views of mountains or on a river (prime location). Year round rental targeted couple's getaw...
Hey BP. A few years ago I started working on a degree called a 'Masters of Real Estate Development for Architects' (MRED) at Woodbury University in San Diego after getting jaded in a traditional Masters of Architectur...
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Hey Everyone!Sorry for the clickbait title... I own a successful vacation rental (successful meaning it pays for itself) and close on another one at the end of this month. We also bought another one in August of this ...
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I'm doing a small flip on a house 2 hours away in Utah. A fellow BP member gave me a referral of another flipper in the area. I called him about contractor suggestions and he mentioned that his son does painting and o...
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My first post while riding the ripple of closing on my first investment propertyWhy?I followed the path I was taught since grammar school: go to school, get a job, live below your means, save your money, retire. While...
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Hi All -My first flip closed yesterday, mostly cosmetic, and I wanted to share my experience with you guys. This was done in Massachusetts. I'll try to make it concise but it may get a bit lengthy!! I pretty much brok...
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HELP - What should I expect when negotiating? Background: I inherited my childhood home only to find out that my mother refinanced it 15 yrs ago for $70K. She made payments (about $25k) up until about 7/8 years ag...
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Would love some feed back or thoughts on this.I'm looking at a private sale of a rental house. What do you think? I would need to purchase all in cash immediately and then re-finance later. $145k price, must be all ca...