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I am a looking to purchase my first investment property, and I am giving serious consideration to turn key rentals in Birmingham Alabama. Being from NY, I have little to no knowledge of the areas in Birmingham. I am j...
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Hi,
I am looking to start investing in section 8. I have a few long term rentals in Minneapolis and looking to find the right city to start in. I was getting locked in to start in Cleveland when the agent I was work...
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I am looking to invest in Bozeman and specifically target the str market there. My fiancé recently had her bachelorette party there and absolutely loved it. We have talked about buying a vacation home somewhere and r...
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Well finally, after 4 months of listening to every podcast on BP, reading J scott books on estimating and flipping as well as the FLIP book, both are awesome resources may I add, I have decided to take the plunge.I h...
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I'm looking into a property that's on the border of a C neighborhood. It's a duplex (3br and 1bth on each side) and only one side is currently rented for ~$650. Rentometer median estimate is about $1100 but BP insight...
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At what point would it make sense to refi out of an FHA into a conventional loan? I got in under 4% , so I don't know if I'd get a much better rate. Also, after I wait one year from the close date of the FHA loan, a...
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Hello BP nation,
I am just starting on my journey into REI and I already have a good conundrum....
My mother in law, who speaks very good Cantonese, but very poor English, owns a property in CA where a fast food fra...
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ResiClub and Lance Lambert are out with their most recent investor survey. It shows most investors they surveyed across the US being bullish to some extent with regard to future values in their region. What about in y...
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I'm sure many have heard the numbers recently that the median net worth of individuals in the United States has dropped 39% in the last three years. I'm just curious how BP members have fared during the same three-yea...
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Economic Update
(Monday, March 29, 2021)
This pandemic has really exposed the fault lines in our workforce demographics. It has exposed the divide between those who can work from home and those who can’t (deemed e...