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I am new to RE investing following my family’s strategy of building properties myself (no contractors) and holding. I was super exited to get started but I’m already sick of dealing with the dictatorship at the city. ...
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Hello Bigger Pockets,I have a dilemma regarding the transfer of a property from an elderly friend of the family to me. This lady is 90 years old and now lives in a nursing home. At present she still has assets and I p...
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We've got a tenant moving in on Tuesday with two kids, pretty young.Any child safety horror stories or other lessons learned? Definitely want to hear from Virginia investors. In addition to protecting ourselves, we al...
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Our company is the lender for a property and I handle the accounting of the note. I am one of those people who needs to get things right and understand it from top to bottom. Although I have been in accounting for 25 ...
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Starting a vacation rental business is a potentially great way to grow personal wealth, even if you aren’t a homeowner or if you have bad credit. Making the business successful and maintaining good ratings, however, r...
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I've been flipping single family homes for a several years now and just like everywhere else the biggest challenge is getting the property to appraise. I've been "screwed" a few times by appraisers coming in way low ...
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Good afternoon BP members,Question:I found an opportunity to invest in a Real Estate property. However I would like to do this via a Self-Directed IRA account.Would I need to create a separate LLC for the Self-Directe...
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Copied this from the California Apartment Association website on 6/21/19: Both the city and county of Los Angeles this week advanced policies that will require landlords to consider applicants who would use Section 8 ...
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Is there anyone out there who could direct me to a few samples of Letter of Intents to purchase real estate notes.
This is something completely new to me, however ther...
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I've read some great threads on the benefits of direct booking, strategies to get traffic via social media, etc. The one thing that isn't 100% clear is how to market your direct booking website to current Airbnb guest...