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- I'm a brand new member so, if this isn't how I'm supposed to ask questions, I'm very open to learning the correct way
- This is going to be long and cover multiple multi-part questions; please bear wit...
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Hey BP,
I just finished with having a pretty neat conversation with my mentor. He owns a decent size real estated company. They invest in mutli-family markets around the U.S. And owns a little over 1700 units.
How...
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Hey guys, so I'm currently renting and looking to buy myself a primary residence. So, if you could pay cash for your primary residence, would you want to and why / why not?
I heard even, Mark Zuckerberg has ...
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if a realtor came to know that property at address 'x' may come in market from some casual gossip/talk, the realtor search on google and find the name and contact number of owner and then texts to owner that I am a r...
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http://northwestapartmentinvestor.blogspot.com/201...So now does the landlord is obligated to shop for the bank bearing highest interest for the tenants? Or the landlord will be penalized if fails to do so? How about...
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Economic Update
(Monday, July 13, 2020)
Not since the 1960s has the United States experienced social upheaval like it is experiencing today. We have protests, an upcoming national election, and a massively divide...
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While reading this article about falling oil prices, I couldn't help but wonder what, if any, effect it would have on the real estate markets in energy-heavy local economies like Midland-Odessa and other West Texas ci...
Although this is a new account, I have been coming on here for a few years. I have listed to every BP podcast, read some books etc.I have been interested in investing since 2015, when I listened to, yep, you guessed i...
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I have had a rash of evictions lately for non-payment and it has caused me to look introspectively at what I am doing or not doing when screening these tenants, that may result in me allowing bad tenants to slip throu...
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With the price of oil dropping, who thinks it is a good or bad idea to invest in Houston? I have my opinion living here in Houston but am curious what others think that are not here.