Hey guys, I want to share an interesting story with you, so newbies like myself remember to take extra care when selecting a contractor or anyone, really, for your team. My husband met this local contractor (let's cal...
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Hi everyone,I have heard mixed opinions on this topic and I would love some input from all of you. One of my tenants is a licensed electrician and is willing and able to do some small jobs for me around my new rental...
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I inherited lousy tenants in a property (year lease) who are threatening to sue me for a slip down the stairs. She didn't seem injured but yadayada had to go to the doctors and did xrays yadayada. Now they're saying s...
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In your opinion, is 30% a reasonable fee to pay a property manager to do the following:
- Arrange for interior designer/furnishing property (actual expenses I have to pay)
- Promote/advertise rental and respond to a...
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What is a safer bet, investing in commercial buildings, or investing in residential properties. If you become a local landlord to shops in a town, would that be better then if you had homes there?
Thank you.
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Hi Everyone! I've been pouring over the forums, books and videos on here about investing in real estate and it has always been something I've been interested in but never knew how to get in until I found this site. ...
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I am going to share my journey building my 16 bedroom assisted living property in Iowa. This will be my first time going into assisted living care. It took me a long time to get this deal done approximately 1.5 year...
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I know BP is mostly for RE, but does anyone here also invest in any franchises? Seems like it could be as profitable if not more as a Re investment. Also, could be a good way to diversify your investments and not pu...
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Just under a month ago, I closed on a 4plex in (East) Oakland, CA in the San Francisco Bay Area. It was a HomePath property that had been on the market for just over 6 months, and was able to squeeze in with a convent...
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Hello BP, I hoping for the valued opinions of the BP community for my current predicament.A purchase agreement was signed by both parties for the price of $152,500 for a 3/2 owner occupied, with two 1/1’s attached ren...