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Morning All, I've been lurking for a while and have been watching all of the videos on here. First Post be gentleOn the example videos of buying your first, second,third property the presenter shows an example propert...
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Hello BP family,My name is Brandon and I'm fairly new to the BP family. I'm looking for California wholesale related contracts to review. I've started by searching the File Place here on the BP site but I'd really lik...
How much do power lines lower real estate value in the Houston, TX area? Would love any insight. TIA!!
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How you write off your auto expenses does matter for taxes. It also does matter for loan underwriting. Notoriously, lenders and CPAs do not understand each others' rules and are often locked in needless conflicts. Fre...
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Today I had an "interesting deal" presented to me and I'd like to find out what other investors think if the same "deal" were presented to you.The deal that was solicited has to do with purchasing pre-construction hom...
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It all depends on how fast you can get them out!
Guests reported bats flying in the basement of one of our cabins on Monday night. Understandably distraught, they left the next day. That was a $1300 refund. Ouch. ...
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I have two people that I have done different work with for a few years now and we are all own properties independent of each other. Now we we have decided to look into buying a property together but need to know how ...
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I have recently realized that investors prefer to buy an apartment with a higher square footage (for a higher price) even though the rent is the same in the area.For example, let's say we have a 500 sq. ft. one-bedroo...
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A family (parent and children) owns rental properties as tenants in common. Each co-owner has more than a 10% stake in the properties. One co-owner does 99% of the property management. However, when it comes time to a...
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It seems every time I get a loan to buy an investment property, I get quoted a particular interest rate, for example 4.875% on my latest deal. As we march closer to closing, the rates always seem to go up. In this exa...