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Hi,
I figured I'd just ask straight out what the best way for me to get started in real estate investing would be. Here's the situation: I've lost like 25 grand in the stock market and I only have around 3 thousand...
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With the recent floods in Houston, there have been floods in areas that have not been flooded before. I recently came across a house on a golf course in a desirable neighborhood. However, the homes (about 125) all t...
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Hi,
My husband and I have been talking about real estate for years. But we just can’t pull the trigger on anything. Any advice on knowing when to purchase, what to purchase, etc. for your first property, would be gr...
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I'm looking into setting up a SD-IRA with an old employer retirement account in order to get into a syndication but I have 2 questions:- I'm assuming that I will be subject to UBIT due to the operator/syndication gett...
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Hello, I’m new to real estate investing and was hoping some of you would share your thoughts on why it is better to invest in real estate over the stock market. So far, I’ve only invested in stocks and the idea of inv...
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Currently living in South Florida. Love it here but looking to relocate to an area with a younger age demographic. Austin, TX is down 20-30% from peak asking prices and I don’t see it getting better with the current e...
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I have been seeing this a lot lately: people who hold on to underperforming properties because they add to their door count or to their self-worth as real estate investors. If you don't like buying hoarders' houses, d...
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Hi! Just purchased our 2nd investment rental property. Loan amount $304,000 7.3% interest (house value $600,000). Other rental loan is 3.5% $553,000 (house value $770,000). We can pay an extra $3000/mth. Could pay off...
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This flies in the face of everything that we have ever learned about retirement accounts. So I want to start this by stating that it is stupid for 99% of the people out there to cash out retirement accounts but I wou...
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Dear BP Community, I am actively looking to purchase both units of a duplex, live in one unit and lease one unit (house hack). I found a property that I’m considering making an offer on, and I’m analyzing different ...