I'm new and just trying to get my feet wet. Can someone let me know what is the first thing I should know?
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I am not familiar with the West Mifflin area but from my research it looks like a good family area to own a rental that I would be house hacking. From my calculations this would be a positive cash flow deal. Please ta...
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I’m 21 year old, I don’t have a whole lot saved up unfortunately, about $5,000 cash and $12k i’m my 401k, I was wanting to talk to my parents about a HELOC on there property to try and help me out with my first one. A...
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I notice that just about everyone signs their posts here with an LLC. I don't know much about being LLC'd. Should I do that prior to flipping my first house or doing my first wholesale deal? If so, why? Is it a li...
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I booked a rental at a Northern Michigan lake house recently, and now that I'm an expert, I naturally had much to critique. This was a 5 bed, 3 bath house right on the water, and more of a house-hacking STR vs. a prof...
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Dear community,We are renting a single family house in Florida with pool, which we bought less than year ago and rented. Our tenants were in a house for 8 months and up to this time we promptly responded on all reques...
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I bought my first property last year and am now looking to do a HELOC and buy my second investment property. I donlt have much equity and houses are expensive AF here in Nashville. My question is how do I buy my secon...
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Hi BP,I'm looking into purchasing a house with my brother in law in Mississippi, North of Oxford. It was his brothers (he lives next door). I live in Sacramento , CA. We are thinking of putting it in an LLC. but ar...
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Hi everyone, I'm still a newbie to the forums and to REI in general, and this week I'm screening my first-ever applicants for an open bedroom in a house I've just started to manage for a family member. (I don't have t...
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I have recently started taking actual action in my investing and found a great deal after educating myself on real estate investing over the last year and some change. I started with a set plan and simply didn't expec...