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I see this question every day at least once on the forums so I thought I would answer it for the majority of people. I was going to make this a blog post but couldn't figure out how to do it. What I am going to outlin...
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Why can a mortgage be only 50% of your income? For many, we pay 90% or more towards rent. Why so strict for a mortgage?Seems like the system is designed to make you fail...
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One of my out of state properties that is managed by a company received a citation for a substandard fence. Based on my google maps street view that was updated six months ago, it appears numerous pickets are missing ...
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I was contacted yesterday by a rep from this company who says that their hundreds of real estate websites generate thousands of leads and they collect info from them to make sure they are serious and then send them ov...
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Good day BP Nation.So some of you might remember a whole back I asked for your help to chose between a HELOC and Refi. Based on my time line to sell the property @Chris Mason suggested a HELOC. Unfortunately my lender...
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Hello expert advisors, I have a 3 family home in Union City NJ and have a very crafty tenants. They moved in in November 2020 and since then have never been able to pay rent. However, they have received multiple forms...
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Hi Everyone,I am young professional wanted to get into real estate investing. I want to do this for passive income. I believe more in the buy and hold strategy for rental income but find that LA housing market is pret...
Could use ya'lls thoughts. Here's the deal I'm under contract on...120 purchase, 2.875 rate, 10% down, conventional (2nd home I have to buy this as)...house needs rehab...assuming about 20ish. so 140 all in, 160-165 A...
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Hey all! Just wanted to share a quick success update that resulted, in large part, from my being a guest on the BP Podcast. Like I’m sure every guest has experienced, I received TONS of emails & PM’s after the sho...
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Hi all, just got a message from a tenant in a house that I own, saying that his roommate had moved out on Jan 1st and that he was recently unemployed due to COVID shutdowns. Said that he was applying for unemployment...