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Hello! I am a college student who is very curious on how real estate agents feel about the rise of online real estate database companies such as Zillow and Trulia, where buyers can browse listings and find homes all o...
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The Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 was signed into law on August 16, 2022. As part of this new act, the IRS was allocated $78 billion to hire around 87,000 new employees through the end of 2031. Of the 87,000, not al...
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Hey,
I’m new to real estate investing and during my recent vacation at Myrtle Beach, SC I’ve noticed that beach front parking lots were always packed.
Now I did some conservative calculations of one specific parking...
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Hello BP Community,My name is Ron, and I am a general contractor in northeastern Pennsylvania/ NJ/ NYC who is looking into expanding into the real estate industry. Although I truly love what I do, my industry has many...
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Hi All,There seems to be 3 common approaches to financing rental properties:1- Buy in cash. Hold in cash. Debt is bad. 2- Buy with the absolute minimum necessary out of pocket for the longest possible term.3- Somewher...
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It is an old house built in 1939. Some of the drainage pipe has been replaced to PVC, and majority (including the Stack) is still caste iron. And the cost is about 10 thousand dollars to replace all through the hou...
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Investors looking to invest in Cape Coral, I need your help. I feel passionate about this one. We do not need another smoke shop on Cape Coral Parkway E.
We need restaurants, bakeries, gyms (cycle bar or pilates an...
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Thanks for the add!I have a very interesting, very sad story. It might take a bit to read. No offense taken if you stop halfway thru.I have been out of REI for about 10 years. For 6 years, that was what I did for a...
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Dear BiggerPockets Community,I'm looking for advice on this. I'm paying retail price because I found it on the MLS. I will be seeing this property Wednesday. Not sure how much wiggle room there is from the seller b...
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Im looking to move our 5 (soon to be 17) short term rentals over from being solely listed on airbnb, to a comprehensive PMS system to save on airbnb fees and build some efficiencies into our workflow. I've looked into...