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The Basics: I've been watching the micro-climate that is San Diego's short-term vacation rental market since I moved there in 2015. I have numerous friends who rent out their primary residence and completely cover the...
Retirement / financial planning are extremely important tasks. My biggest beef and frustration though is that the vast majority of planners fail to consider real estate and other investments when building a plan.
As ...
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Hey everyone,
I’m pretty new to BP and real estate investing as a whole, so I just wanted to seek some advice from anyone that has been through house hacking.
I live in the Portland, OR area and I’m looking to start...
How do you equate a potential renter with no fico with a low fico potential renter? For me anyone with a fico below 560 is probably a life long deadbeat, and anyone with no credit file, probably is also a dead beat, b...
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Hi All,I’m currently in the process of purchasing my first investment property and was curious how you organized your finances to prepare:1) do you have a separate bank account for your investment properties?2) what %...
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I'd like to pose a question to the group that's been on my mind. I'm probably getting ahead of myself. Part of my plan is to do something like Brandon did and purchase a rental property that will help fund my kids' co...
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Where do you buy yours?
How much do you pay?
What's the turnaround from order to finished installation?
What thickness? Edge style?
I have a kitchen with near 80 square feet of counter tops to do.
What else should I...
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I realize there is no sure fire way to guarantee a lender will agree to a short sale and in a lot of cases it seems to come down to "the bottom line", will it be it more profitable; or should I say less costly; tha...
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I have been researching and planning on developing a storage facilities that uses shipping containers as the storage, Im looking for some input on what people think about this idea?
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You may have a bit of difficulty seeing the numbers on the photo, but for educational purposes just wanted to share this.
The image captures the income side of the reporting at Haven on Thomas, which is a 104 unit pr...