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Hello,My wife and I are currently looking into real estate investing to create passive income. We are looking at long-term rentals of multi-family homes. We plan on using the FHA loan for the first purchase in order t...
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This is my first project that I'm doing on my own - 425sf addition + upgrading existing house. Permits are at the final stage and I need to decide on a contractor. I've checked references and visited their work on oth...
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Hello,I have some experience with small multifamily, SFR and condos, especially analyzing those deals, but I am now considering NNN lease for the ability to invest in passive out of state income. I have been receiving...
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Hi BP community,I am looking to find some quality input on the idea of doing a joint venture with a contractor/investor. My thoughts are that I want a contractor to provide the labor and materials on a project and do ...
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I've owned the property for three months. It was fully rented when I took it over. Tenants paid right on time the first two months. This month two of them did not pay. I plan to send them a late payment notice. I...
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While we work on our next major addition to the site (top secret, but very cool), we're also redesigning many of the areas of BiggerPockets that have been ignored, design-wise, for some time.
We decided to start with...
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I am looking to start investing in multifamily properties. I have set up my proforma spreadsheet and I am pretty sure the calculations are correct. When I evaluate properties what are all the expenses associated wit...
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All,
I would like your feedback and comments on my business plan, which is to acquire small apartment buildings out of state. To start out, I currently own a duplex and a five unit multi family property, which I reh...
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I'm in the middle of a cash out refi. We got the results of the appraisal back and it was significantly lower than what I expected. I had hoped for 145, expected it somewhere between 135 and 145.... and got 115. Some ...
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Is it important to change up direct mail messaging after each touch? For instance, if you sent a postcard saying the home looked vacant and plan to send additional postcards, is it important that the follow-ups are d...