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I originally started writing about real estate because I wanted to hold myself accountable for my what I was doing, because I wanted to learn from my own mistakes and because I wanted to help others keep from making t...
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I know this subject has been discussed numerous times in various threads on BP, but I'm going to bring it up again.
I am looking for feedback from anyone that has gone from investing and managing their own properties...
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Economic Update
(Yom Kippur Edition)
The second quarter of 2020 (April, May & June) was the mother of all economic contractions. Real GDP shrank at a 31.7% annual rate, the largest drop for any quarter since ...
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I have a few single family rental properties in south Atlanta (Riverdale, Jonesboro, College Park, Ellenwood, etc) that I'd like to turn over to a professional property management company that manages properties in...
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Hey BP,
Just wondering if anyone has come across the issue of a tenant paying with a money order and claimed they mailed it out. It has been two weeks since they mailed it out and we still did not receive the money ...
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My neighbor just sold her house. (Timing was awful and I was out of town the entire time it was on the market, forcing her to go with another agent to list.)The agent representing the eventual buyers was an absolute n...
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In case you missed it, the online rent payment company eRentpayment has had major issues when their payment processor filed Ch 7 bankruptcy and casued a lot of investors rent to not get deposited. This started quite ...
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Hey all,
I was bored and wanted to ask everyone here what their biggest mistake was in real estate to this day. Something that you will never forget as your biggest screw up.
I haven’t had enough experience to have...
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The Long Beach Police have not been able to help with this situation, so I figured I would reach out to see if the BP community could offer some advice for a huge pain I have been dealing with for over 3 years.Here is...
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Prior to covid 19, always hear multi family syndicators preaching how safe and resilient large multi family assets are. Boring but evergreen. Post covid 19 pandemic, I wonder how much this holds true...