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Hi everyone, I'm new to this community but have been in real estate investing for some time. I started off in Washington DC about 20 years ago, but got out of it when the market crashed in '08. My wife is a realtor he...
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As an agent who works with a lot of investors, I have recently started to notice more and more that people will evaluate a property based on its current metrics, and write it off. For example, a duplex that's on the m...
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Hello,I am looking to purchase my first owner occupied rental property in the downtown Grand Rapids area.I would like some opinions from other Grand Rapids natives.The property I am looking at is located just south of...
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Hey BP community!Just getting started on the RE journey. Narrowed down to SFH or small MFH and house hack for my first property. Numbers don’t make sense in my market to do anything but a house hack without putting do...
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Hello,I've been looking at multi-family properties, mostly four-plex, to see if I can find a potential property to purchase. I did research on how to analyze properties to see if the deal makes sense or not. The kicke...
Hello! I've learned so much on BP, mostly from lurking over the last few years as I prepare to shift full time to RE. I'm curious to tap the brain trust here on any angles I may not have considered. Would love to hear...
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Trying to decide if now is the time to sell?
I currently own a single family house in Rochester, NH that is coming up on the end of its 12 month lease (end of November). I thought I was going to hold it for quite s...
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Hi BiggerPockets,
Quick Background: First time property buyer/investor. I've made heavy use of the rental calculator, as well as read through the Ultimate Beginner's Guide and Duplex Investing Guide. I have been loo...
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Hello everyone, for the past several months I have been passively educating myself on RE investing by listening to BP podcasts, reading through these forums, and analyzing some multifamily properties using the BP calc...
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Hello everyone!
I’m an 18 year old real estate agent also in college as a business major. And I have a few questions.1. What are some work arounds to getting a mortgage if I do not have 2 years proof of income?
2....