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Hello,I’m Jonathan Wiltshire, a 22 year old student veteran at KU, I’m new to real estate investing and I am heavily interested in it. I have access to VA Home Loan so my options mainly involve home hacking with multi...
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Hi everyone,Can anyone explain how commercial loans work. Is there such thing as an owner occupied commercial real estate loan? What steps do I have to take to get approved for a loan?I am very interested in a commerc...
I'm just starting out in real estate and I want to start by doing wholesales with distressed property but I'm starting to get discouraged because I don't know where to start or what route I should begin with......is ...
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A friend of mine who is not a real estate investor said they knew of someone whose property taxes doubled when they switched the property to a rental. This seems crazy to me but I wanted to run it by you before I disc...
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Hi BP Community, I’m new to Real Estate Investing so don’t know much about contractors but in all of my research and talking to other investors, contractors seem to have a bad reputation. I’m just curious to know why...
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When interest rates shot up, the market seized. It happened to office, multi-family and single family markets. Now that rates have come down a little, maybe there will be a little easing up on the downward number of s...
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Washington State legislature is moving on repealing a ban on rent control for the state (in place since 1981)
Sounds like cities will have the final say (maybe?) but does anyone deal with rent control issues in their...
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Hello my BP peers! Hope all is well with everyone and their real estate journey. I have been listening to a lot of podcasts, recently episode 278 with Charles Roberts. He said to be successful you need to understand t...
hi,I’m new in the real estate business, I’m in search of where to find real estate networking events, and any agencies recommendations. Does anyone have any recommendations? I’d also like to know what’s the first ste...
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Hey BP!So Im a fairly new investor. I do buy and hold. Own 2 properties (a duplex and a 4 plex). Owned the duplex for nearly 2 years. Am about to move out of one of the duplex units and once it rents Ill clear about $...