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Hi BP,We just purchased a mixed-use building with 7 units of retail on the ground floor (13,000 sq. ft.), office above (13,000 sq. ft.) and a really cool basement (8,000 sq. ft.).We bought the building vacant except f...
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Breaking news:Airbnb filed their S-1 today and plan to go public via IPO. Rumor is it’s either IPO or layoffs. https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1559720/000119312520294801/d81668ds1.htmTiming couldn’t be worse ...
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Hi, I wanted to hear what other people are doing to keep their tenants happy and renewing their leases. I don't have any rental properties yet but I'm always interested in hearing what can be done to increase the tim...
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Hello, Im planning ahead and wondering how some of you have managed the rehab and your contract. Once you have the contractor/GC you are wanting to work with, how do you both set expectations of what will be done and ...
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I am considering adding self-storage to my portfolio, but would actually like to treat this as a business and operate it myself. Does it ever make sense to build a new facility or is buying an existing facility genera...
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Happy Friday BP!After deciding to focus on Buy and Hold deals, narrowing my search to 3 greater metro areas, of which I have lived and am familiar with, as well as analyzing numerous deals from the MLS and wholesalers...
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So my house is on the east side of Ladue (good schools, nice neighborhood, etc.) with a per sq ft value of $240. I have enough room in the back to build a three-story addition. The addition will be 1,700 sq ft with th...
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Hello BP Family.I want to discuss some ideas we all could us to expand to areas that are not right in the middle of the tourist hot spots, because most properties are over priced or just priced to high for thousandair...
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Where do you guys get your direct mailers from? Please let me know where you have had the most success with price and quality for the mailers. Thanks in advance!
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Not sure if this is the right place to ask...
I'm trying to structure a business proposal for a private lender and I'm having trouble running the numbers.
This is from an article I read on another investment forum...