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Hey everyone!
My name is Melanie Stephens and I write the “Biggest Mistakes/Lessons Learned” column for BiggerPockets Wealth Magazine.
I am looking for BP Member stories for an upcoming column on Biggest Mistakes ma...
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My husband and I purchased a vacation rental property four hours from where we live in January. It was gutted when we got it. Working with a contractor who rented it during the renovation, we got it remodeled, furni...
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My family owns a 15,000 sq/ft warehouse on 1.5 acres outside of New Braunfels TX and it is sitting mostly empty (used as personal storage by my dad). It is on a high traffic road and it does have a bar/restaurant are...
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I have an opportunity to purchase a 4/3 property in the town of Black Mountain, NC, just outside of Asheville, NC.We have the intent of renting this property out short term and occasionally using it as a vacation spot...
Hey I am new here so I hope this is the right place for this. Anyways I am a student who is renting a house with 4 other roommates on individual leases. We soon noticed that mold would grow along the windows, didn...
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I am interested to know what others think about the influence of a rising stock market on residential real estate prices.
Will people use the "wealth effect" to invest in real estate driving prices up or will people b...
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Hi all. I’m a real estate investor in Denver with many years of house flipping and Airbnb experience behind me. I generally stay solo and try to use bank money and slowly build my real estate portfolio. I currently...
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Tenants moved in in Apr with low credit score and not very sufficient income. I rented to them because his mom co signed and lived just couple of doors away in the same community ( What a lesson! I should never rent t...
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We are remodeling an 850' house that will be kept as a buy and hold. The house currently has old/broken electric baseboard heaters. There is no gas or ductwork. As you can see the bedrooms are very small, making place...
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We just filled our second vacancy of the year and my husband and I have been marvelling at how easy it’s been. The only thing that’s hard is that we don’t have enough units for the wonderful applicants.I’m know a big...