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Hello all,
Drew here from Long Island, NY. I bought my first home about 6 months ago, it's a duplex and I live in half, rent the other half out. It has been working out great so far. I used a VA loan and put ...
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We're looking at getting an apartment in the Corpus Christi area for our trips down there, but would be gone most of the time, so we're looking at the possibility of doing Airbnb while we're not around, et cetera, if ...
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Hello everyone. I'm a 21 year old Long Island resident and have been my whole life. This is my first real forum post. Long story short I'm currently in the midst of a real estate project in PA which I will hopefully b...
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Hey wondering if any of you can share some experiences of owning a condo that you STR in Maui. What areas or building should I avoid. I realize that I need to be in the "resort zoned" areas.
Hey all. I just closed on a house on the Big Island of Hawaii a couple weeks ago and already have renters lined up through my real estate agent. I had been intending on doing a vacation rental with it for the next f...
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I'm looking to get into wholesaling right now in long island new york. I was just curious how well some of the wholesalers you know or if you are one yourself do in your areas. My true goal is rentals, just looking to...
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Hey I’m new to the bigger pockets community. I’m currently 19 and have been a real estate investor since I was 16. I’m ready to scale and begin my own portfolio of buy and holds using the BRRRR strategy. I have been w...
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Hello All,My names Ryan and I am from long island, NY. I am currently working on starting my real estate flipping business. My partner is a contractor, and we are trying to put a team together right now. I am looking ...
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My partner and I are looking to purchase on Whidbey (Freeland/Langley area) and while we'd like to visit regularly, we live in Seattle and thus would be looking to list it as a vacation rental/AirBnB when we're not th...
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Is anyone using a buy-and-hold strategy on Long Island, specifically in Suffolk County? I'm trying to get my rental analyses fairly accurate and was wondering if the 50% rule is a good benchmark in Suffolk. Houses are...