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I sent out 1000 direct mail yellow letters to absentee owners in Fairfax County. The response I got was only two phone calls, both highly unmotivated. Is this typical for the area?
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Syndicates are paying at 3% cap for properties, they are paying interest on the property at 4ish % including buying caps etc.
For cash flows- if your debt is at 4.5% and your cap is at 3%, youre negatively leveraged....
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I am working on a project for BiggerPockets (stay tuned!) that is requiring me to estimate Capex (which for this exercise includes maintenance) across US cities. There is not too much data to go on, simply the median ...
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"The real estate sector now makes up ~40% of the digital securities market, amounting to approximately $200 million, as reported by Canadian-based digital securities company, Atlas One Digital Securities.
A Recent Hi...
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Hello, I've been wanting to get into real estate investing and I think I have found a house that would allow me to start. It is a neighbor of my grandparents. There was a lady and her niece living there, 100+ and 70+ ...
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I'll admit it ... I'm a collector. I really really like to buy real estate but I don't really like to sell it. That being said, I have a sneaking suspicion that I should be trading up, leveraging more, stacking, etc. ...
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Hi Everyone,
Pretty new to to RE investing and brand new to Bigger Pockets. Been reading a lot on here and Reddit and I'm trying to dial in my strategy for my next property. I've been looking into various areas and p...
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As an investor I am currently negotiating a buil-to-suit NNN lease that I am building from the ground up and will have a lesser known national fast food franchise as the tenant. I will be getting a 20 year lease but I...
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I have a single family home In Los Angeles. Currently getting into rental shape. I have just started working on getting my un permitted guest house permitted as well. I work in the entertainment industry and the W2...
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I've been actively looking for my first rental property in the Cleveland area for the past few months, primarily I was focusing my search on duplexes, tris, and quads. I've recently been looking into small mixed-use c...