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Hello, I’m new to bigger pockets and new to this form of investment.
I am a young guy with an undergraduate degree in International business making 60k a year in orange county California.
i cannot afford a lot, l...
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When using creative strategies to buy-and-hold (subto/ seller finance, hybrids), how important is purchase price? In theory, purchase price only matters when you sell, and I’ve heard of many investors being willing to...
I just closed on a SFH rental in an area I'm familiar with. I closed the deal myself. For more propeties I've contacted three agents from different Brokerages and all three have given me the "thanks but no thanks" rou...
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I have been looking around at multi-family investment properties in gentrifying areas of Los Angeles. I received the email below which is representative of feedback I've received from many brokers in this area. Are RE...
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Hello everyone,
I’m writing to see if anyone has used Money Source of America as their hard money lender. I have been looking through their financing programs and have received a pre-approval for a BRRR property th...
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I've been actively investing in short-term rental properties for the past three years, managing one live property and another that will go live in two months. I'm now considering expanding my real estate ventures into...
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I've been flagged for "mocking", when someone asked about a course that they were CONSIDERING buying, I told them I thought it was a waste of money. Another poster on that thread criticized me as they had purchased th...
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I have a multi unit in Columbus, Ohio under contract but I have not gotten much traction on buyers and feel I am missing something. We are looking $385k purchase price and with monthly rents at $4375 when all units a...
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Mainly talking about Zillow, Trulia, Redfin. After coming here and reading up the last few months, I get the sense that one should never go after properties that hit the market and instead try to find off-market deal...
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Hi BP Community!We are getting set to close our biggest CRE investment here in about two weeks and since it is a hybrid of creative financing and an SBA 504 loan, we wanted to share some lessons learned since we have ...