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Hello everyone,
With deciding to start in real estate, my main goal is to create enough equity in the properties I obtain to build a house and buy land (10-12) years down the line.Though the market always changes, ...
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Hello,
My wife and I recently ventured into real estate investment and have acquired a 0.4-acre lot in a Bakersfield, within an R2-zoned area, Oleander Sunset. This zoning allows for single-family homes, duplexes, an...
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Hello y’all! I’m new to bigger pockets and have been listening to the podcast 5 nights a week, 8hrs for almost a month now. I’ve been a real estate agent for a little over 2 years now in Charlotte NC where I was a pol...
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All:
I've recently passed my 15th anniversary of buying my first investment property and have been reflecting on what I've done right and wrong in those years. One thing I've thought a lot about is how I've done a ...
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We currently own a two family home and have a family of four living upstairs. The youngest whose around twelve years old loves to run around and bounce a ball off the hardwood floors.
We understand what we got oursel...
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Has anyone had any success in establishing a rent by the room model in SFH in the Colorado Springs area? If so, did you hire a property manager? What measures did you take to mitigate conflict in the house? It seems t...
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One of my apartments has an opening, and I have a solid applicant (family). Dad has a job, mom runs a licensed daycare and they were expecting to use the apartment to continue to do so. It obviously adds income to the...
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I've been saving up to buy my second investment property. I bought my first one earlier this year. As I get ready to find my second propety, my sister has approached me about opening a coffee shop together.
She doe...
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I have spent the last few months lurking and reading books on real estate investment (specifically rental properties) and I wanted to introduce myself. I am truly new to real estate and am eager to learn! I have a bac...
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Where do I find expired listings if the agent is not willing provide those listings? What would you say is the best place to find tired landlords that are motivated to either sell their property cheap for cash or sell...