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Hi everyone, I live in California and have been meeting a lot of investors who prefer to invest out of state due to California being so expensive as well as the aggressive tenant protection laws we have here. I have h...
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I have been a part of BP for over a year now and have been a smoker since I was way to young, but my question is when did smokers get such a bad rap?I personally don't smoke inside of even my own home, not even once. ...
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With an eye to the future, should we really be buying in remote suburbs, or is that like investing in VHS rental shop in a digital age? I’m seeing what looks like a massive urbanization trend.I am a buy and holder. Ot...
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I am in the process of obtaining a HELOC on my primary, with plans to buy some rentals. I've been doing a lot of research on how to pay down the HELOC faster using it as a checking, and have some questions as things a...
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Hi everyone! I am from Atlanta, Georgia, but have been living in Asia (currently Tokyo) for the past 7 years. I and my wife plan to move to the US around the end of this year at which point I'm planning to start a c...
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I just got a Bigger Pockets email with an article about all the reasons I should not invest out of state. I live in the SF Bay Area and can not afford to buy in state and that article scares the s*^+ out of me.
If I ...
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If you use Cozy, what are your thoughts on it? How do you like it? Have you found any setbacks? OR if you use something else other than Cozy what do you like and not like about that platform. I am a new Landlord that ...
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I always see posts from investors asking about the cost of a rehab, a particular estimate or a general construction problem. I have 20 years of construction experience. From remodels, ground up, all the way to develop...
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I own an now long since abandoned house in NJ. There was no mortgage but the taxes and W/S bills now far exceed any possible value of the property. The town used to clean up the property and then put a lien on the p...
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I am in the midst of dealing with a wholesaler that has left a bad taste in my mouth for the wholesaling business, and am wondering if this is common practice.A little background: So, I'm trying to sell my house and ...