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Would love to hear opinions on purchasing in the more expensive Los Angeles / San Diego areas for first rental property to keep it closer? Or look at lower priced markets out of state?Hesitant in out of state due to t...
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Hey all- I'm an investor in Austin, TX and have been investing in real estate here for about 6 years. We're considering some investments outside our of local area and wanted to get some opinions from the BP community ...
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Hello reader,I’m 21 working at Northrup Grumman in California and I’m closing in on $30k saved from employment and stocks combined. Looking to get into real estate the right way from the start. Advice?
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What do you think about investing in mobile homes? I hear its really easier than wholesaling. I am getting really frustrated with the wholesaling thing!! All the mailings and non motivated sellers.
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I'm a newbie with BP and I would want to own properties, but because of the pandemic, it makes me wonder how tuff it will be to find and really screen potential tenants. Anyone has thoughts on this, please let me kno...
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I would like to provide a friendly warning for all realtors and investors in Nashville reading these forums. This is a red alert against buying any new construction homes by builder Jay Ellis of Airtight Resources. I ...
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Economic Update(Monday, February 1, 2021)
I’m starting to really like these Executive Orders. Consider this; in less than eleven days, President Biden issued over 50 Executive Orders, including; rejoining the Worl...
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The Biden administration has me a little nervous. I have great tenants. It appears that there are some radical ideas being tossed around by some members of congress such as complete rent forbearance and forgiveness al...
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I recently got started with my first property. I don't have a lot of contractor connections and know that I am not very handy. I don't enjoy it and know my time is best spent in other areas. I used HomeAdvisor and got...
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I have an interesting question. It relates to the questions many people who have asked this question:Pay off existing debt vs. using that money to invest....it's a popular question.What about a twist on that questio...