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Hi,I am looking to buy my first property sometime in 2016. Interested in mainly buy and hold investing for cash flow. Looking to get into something that I can get for under 10-20% below market and a 10%+ return on m...
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Hello BP members,
Being locked inside and with few credits left, I have been spending a lot of time researching real estate. I've been reading, listening, and watching- basically any down time is split between these...
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I have a basement in Jersey City that is a great space. Every so often water gets in. 1 time it was seepage from the floor and a french drain solved that in one section. It's been fine for 4 years and now water has fo...
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Good Day BP! I almost feel silly asking this, but here goes...I will be moving overseas very soon & my company is picking up the tab on the new place. Due to that & a couple other factors, i will have some e...
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This weekend I went and saw a multi family property (2 units) in Wareham MA listed for 182,500. Pre inspection the place looks pretty great. Certainly needs some work but for what the price is it could be a great...
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Hello BP, I'm Michael Beeman.I recently purchased a large older home with a garage that I am turning into a 3 plex, and in May I'm closing on a 6 unit apartment. I got some really great deals on these units.. But, as...
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Newbie checking out 7 potential rental properties this week. I'm wondering what I should be focusing on when checking them out. Carpet and paint are easy to identify and estimate and I've checked the county permit s...
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Where has this been my whole life!! They keep an online record of all your purchases and email you receipts with your job number on it. No more wondering where are all those receipts if you get audited. The data can ...
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I'm curious if someone with experience with dealing with contractors successfully could provide some tips and best practices for dealing with them.Quotes: To date we have been getting quotes on labor and timeline for...
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I am in the middle of escrow on a REO duplex property (131K) for buy and hold. Title shows that the property actually has no parking available, only an ingress/egress and driveway access on the neighboring vacant pro...