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Have a few questions 1. Can you buy a property as a vacation home (10% down) , use it for personal use for 2 weeks in the year and use it as STR for rest ?2. Can you do a cost segregation on this property and use it f...
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Me and my girlfriend (probably wife by that point) are planning a move to Denver most likely in early 2025 and are interested in house hacking as a means to save income and build a rental portfolio. I'd like to have s...
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So you've got some tools and an eye for design, and you want to put your skills to the test in one of real estate's hottest trends: flipping houses. There's a lot of information out there to help get you started, from...
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Hi everyone.Its been quite a while since I last posted. I've been working on a few larger deals this past year along with my relocation to the Chicago area, so I've been super busy. But now I finally closed on my last...
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I was reading a book from a popular commercial real estate investor this evening and he made the bold claim that real estate is a "get rich slow" business. One of the most successful investors I know in Austin uses t...
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Does anybody have any experience or strong opinions about investing in a solar or wind energy farm? I’m not interested in the activist investor angle. How would the typical returns compare to residential real estate? ...
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Hello BP family. I'm currently looking for a comprehensive property management software for a fair price. A few of the guest speakers on the BiggerPockets Podcast have mentioned Appfolio and recommended that softwar...
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Hello BP community,
I'm new to BP, but excited to learn through so many forums. I'm looking for my 2nd investment property and was waiting to reach a 2-year mark of my W-2 job to apply for an FHA loan or HELOC. Howe...
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Hi BP,I have been following the podcast for a while now, reading books, informing myself. I would like to get into real estate investing, but I have had never more than $2.000 in my bank account in my life. I now came...
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Hi all!Looking to get into my first deal.Never invested before in any property and STRs seem to be much more appealing than traditional rentals.I'm looking into STRs in La Quinta/Indio area.A couple questions for anyo...