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Looking at getting into syndications as a passive investor. Does anyone have any experience with Fundrise or any other crowd funding sites? Was interested to see the pro's & con's of investing directly with a sy...
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I have recently been learning about infinite banking via whole life insurance loan. Is it a great place to start to get funding for my first deal? Any things I need to watch out for or words of advice for that method?
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Hey BP!I am currently looking to develop a system for off-market property lead generation using direct mail. I want to create a pipeline of deals so I can grow my business. At this time, I am looking for residential s...
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Hi Everyone,I am trying to understand how the property gain taxes work in Maryland. I know I can use a 1031 to work around the taxes for a little bit but I will using a private lender so I don't believe that will be a...
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Hello BP family, I have narrowed my decision down to invest in either Pittsburgh, PA or Indianapolis, IN. the difference between the two are that Indiana has a bigger population with 876k compared to 301k in Pittsburg...
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Per usual, it's very rare that any of the listed categories fit my questions so I hope this is at least close.Anyone struggling with the decision on whether to sell your rental properties or not as you get near retire...
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Hello! When analyzing a vacation property, I have been looking at comps on AirBnB, VRBO etc, and using 150 days/year, to figure out the rental income. Do people do that, or use the monthly income, like a LTR, using t...
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I recently met with a financial advisor who wants to win my business. The conversation was on the whole very good as there were some things that I hadn't considered that my wife and I need to tend to in order to shor...
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Hello BPers,I'm a former real estate agent. My current job is taking care of my kid and trying to make my house make me more $. My goal is financial independence for my family in 5 years. We live pretty simply, so we ...
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So a good COC return is a lot easier to obtain when using leverage. When purchasing all cash on the same deal it's a lot more difficult to get a similar COC return, the numbers aren't even close. If purchasing all c...