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Hi All:
I am new to Bigger Pockets. My husband and I placed a contract on a short sale (investment property) in August expecting it to take at least 6 months, but the process moved quicker than expected and we are c...
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working on the latest house (buy and hold) and my main contractor is not living up to my expectations. I have used him before a few times and did not have a problem. In the past, he'd quote something and i had him do ...
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Dear Pocketers,
How do you harden / bullet-proof your rentals?
While I've never had anyone utterly trash a rental of mine, I've seen the damage they can do first hand (typically when buying the rental and seeing ...
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Hi all,First...wow there's a lot of information in this forum. There's so much info on there and the community is great. I'm trying to make it a habit to browse random forums everyday, rather than my random news sites...
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Greetings fellow BP'ers
Back by popular demand!
I am going to document my next project BRRR 3.0
The house is on the West Side of Jacksonville in 32210. It was in a tree accident. By that I mean a tree fell on t...
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Hello,
i have a property in Houston market up for sale or rent and think about adding owner financing as well.
The house value is $ 185.000.
How much would $ you recommend for downpayment, for expected appreciation...