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This is my first post. I made my very first investment purchase in July of this year. It was a 2/1 single family home three blocks from the only high school in town with an appraisal of 86k. The house was gutted by pr...
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I work a lot with people buying investment properties. These are savvy people that have excellent credit and usually have options when it comes to money for closing.
I am often surprised by the way these same people...
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Hey guys! So I just sold my property, and my wife and I are planning on getting rid of all our debt and still have cash left over to invest. My question is, do you think I should just pay off the student loan/ car rig...
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Hello
BiggerPockets is becoming my first source of information, so lots of thanks for everyone contributing to the forum.
One of my tenants in Florida did not pay rent for the last two months and I did not take any ...
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I'm always looking for good ideas. How do you tell a tenant their tenancy is coming to an end when they are in self denial about the gravity of the situation? Here are some things I've done to send the message "it's o...
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I'm analyzing deals for my first short term rental. I'm doing all the research: podcasts, books, webinars, articles, etc. along with finding markets where I should have an easier time finding a cleaner and handyman. I...
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As I have said in previous posts I want to focus on larger commercial properties. However I still want to start off with one 4plex to house hack. I was wondering if you can BRRRR with a 203K loan. I would like to g...
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I work a full time job, but would really like to start learning about real estate investing/flipping etc. I only have weekends free and maybe an hour or two on weekdays. Does anyone here do this on the side and have a...
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Due to work, we are planning on renting out our house. I plan on managing everything myself, once rented out, we would be moving about an hour away, and I will still work part time near our soon to be rental proper...
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They would be an absolute except a few people get lucky and put everything they have into a rental property and nothing goes wrong for a year or two, giving them time to build up cash reserves. Then again a few peopl...