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I’m in San Diego. My goal with purchasing a property is to reduce my rent to 2k or less/month while starting my real estate portfolio. I plan to hold the property indefinitely and to eventually refinance it for a dow...
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PART 1: INVESTING IN REAL ESTATE, the Why, the Where, the What, the How, and the How Much:
In mid-2017 my wife and I decided to go back to what had been one of our passions in the mid-90's, the ownership and manageme...
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How will the actual crisis impact the real estate market in your opinion?
The fact is that , justified or not, the crisis has already hit many businesses including hospitality & tourism, transportation, financial...
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I just read an article on the Wall Street Journal https://www.wsj.com/articles/i... stating the fact that investors have responded to rising interest rates by pulling money out of real estate funds in record quanti...
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Hello BP Community! I’m very excited to be here! My name is Tom Pentolino and I am a newbie investor in my mid-30s located in Southern California (more specifically Rancho Cucamonga, which is based in the Inland Empir...
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I am well above the average DIYer in skill, and was mostly through a home-inspection course before career change, so I know a great deal about most things in a home, except for wells/septic.
I am looking at a...
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I am looking at a 32 unit right now in Milwaukee, the buildings (there are 3) and units are older, but the place could be spruced up a bit. It is right on the edge of a neighborhood that is up and coming, median inco...
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I just finished reading Buy and Rent Forclosures byJoseph Neilson.
Mr Neilson advocates stripping houses of central air, garbage disposals and many other amenities in order to eliminate maintenance costs.
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Hi again :)
Here is my original thread about the property I'd like to discuss:
http://forums.biggerpockets.com/viewtopic.php?t=10328
We now have a purchase offer in on this property, and must make an application wi...