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With the rise in housing costs across Texas, there’s been a lot of talk around affordable housing initiatives. Cities like Austin, Dallas, and Houston are each taking different approaches, from subsidized housing to i...
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Can anyone suggest their top 3 turn key markets for my first turn key investment.
Hi everyone,
I am a finance professional in Toronto and I want to explore a career as a a real estate developer. Could anyone who has become a "self made" developer please provide some guidance on how they did it? I ...
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Hi BP Family, I am reaching out in hopes someone that has experience in the mix-use commercial space will be able to shed a bit of light on a problem I have run into. I am trying to do market analysis on the average r...
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I am interested in real estate investing. Would it be wise to purse a career as a Real Estate Appraiser? I believe it may provided me with a deeper understanding of the market. Thoughts?
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Hello Im new REI but I've been networking and starting form good relationships with local buyers rehabber etc but haven't gotten my 1st deal under contract as yet. Still learning about creating leads and talking to po...
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I not sure, but I’ll pretend like many of us recognize this situation... getting up from the toilet and your legs aren’t functioning because you been sitting there for 30 minutes and they’ve fallen asleep. All while b...
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Hey all, I know a lot of you solve this issue by offering discounts to tenants who handle garbage duties, (Separating recycling from garbage, pulling bags to the curb, sweeping out front etc.)But for those of you who ...
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I’m curious to here what kind of analysis everyone does when they are scoping out an investment. Which equations do you use? And specifically what’s your target with those? (Cashflow goal, ROI % you shoot for, IRR, et...
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I recently refinanced the mortgage on my primary residence and combined the loans I took out to purchase my investment properties. I have three single family, long term rentals with separate LLC's and business account...