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Hi all,
I've been diving deeper and deeper into the rental arbitrage investment strategy. I constantly come across the permitting process needed in most cities in LA. I currently reside in Venice, CA, and work in t...
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The Leading Index of Economic Indicators has been a pretty good indicator of a decline in economic activity, since it was published. The index uses nonfarm payroll employment, the unemployment rate, average hours work...
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Hi BP!I am an investor from Israel and recently had an offer to join a syndication for a buying of a multifamily unit in NJ. The offer sounds tempting since the group has to finance about 3M$ (the rest comes from a b...
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Hi BP family! I am just starting out and put my first offer in on a condo that needs minimal to moderate rehab in my hometown of Marlton, NJ. I am planning on house-hacking it for about a year before hopefully movin...
I just closed on a SFH rental in an area I'm familiar with. I closed the deal myself. For more propeties I've contacted three agents from different Brokerages and all three have given me the "thanks but no thanks" rou...
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I'm looking at options for my current residence (3 BR, 2 BA house) in Portland, OR. I'm not sure if it makes sense to sell and invest elsewhere, or rent it out as a long term rental. (Portland doesn't allow whole 3 BR...
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Hi all,I've heard that it's smart in an asset protection way if you setup a Revocable Living Trust to run your LLC if your LLC is a real estate investing company (i.e we flip houses). I don't know much about this conc...
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So I'm still relatively new to the game and I'm just finishing my first rehab. My "new" strategy is to purchase run-down properties, rehab them, refinance my rehab costs back out (and hopefully my down payment) and...
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