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Hello all, my goal is to achieve financial independence through passive income and I am very excited to begin investing in real estate.
I am in the middle of a cash out refi on my only rental property and I expect to...
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Bought a duplex in Tacoma 3 years ago at 253,000. We haven’t done anything to it besides have it rented out and let it pay for itself... we’re now in the process of selling it for 385,000. We’re a young couple in our ...
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Focus Property Group, a major developer of master planned communities in Nevada, has stopped making payments on $500 million worth of loans. They are a major player here in Las Vegas and are part of the reason that u...
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Hello BP family ! I had an interesting topic my business partners and I have been discussing for quite some time and I would like the advice of you all. If you had 16 properties that you are renting out , would you us...
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With interest rates holding steady (so far) and US Treasury yields hovering in the 4-5% range, many investors are weighing the pros and cons of staying in bonds versus seeking opportunities in real estate. While Tre...
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I have been checking into this idea - find vacant land, determine it's general suitability, find developer and sign the option to lease. I found there's not too much people talking about this idea here so I want to op...
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Here is the multifamily vacancy chart from data gathered and reported by the NAHB.
*in case chart doesn't display you can find it here...
http://www.nahb.org/generic.aspx?sectionID=238&genericContentID=14910...
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I own a property with two duplexes and a house that are all on the same water meter. I spoke to the utility company and they said to split it up and put an individual meter on each unit would cost at most $8000. I a...
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I’ve been real estate investing for over 15years, acquiring a large nest egg of net worth. The problem is we aren’t getting much cash flow from the portfolio for a variety of reasons and our rentals, flips, and short ...
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I'm looking at buying a 4-plex right now. After running the numbers and doing some pretty thorough research, this property appears to be a cash cow except for one little problem... there is only one gas meter, one ele...