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What's the latest analysis with regard to Dodd-Frank 2014 which comes into effect January 10th as far as how it relates to real estate investors doing options, lease purchases, seller financing, etc.?
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Hey everyone. First time poster here, but I've been reading up on real estate investing and this site a ton over the last few months, and I'm hoping to purchase 1 or 2 properties in the relatively near future to buy ...
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Very often we see people on here talk about how they are educating themselves by reading books relating to the real estate and lending industries. And that sounds great, until you realize that mostly they are reading...
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"How do you find reliable contractors?" I have heard this question many times on the forums and in the podcast. The answer is that reliable contractors are all around and you have either rejected them or scared th...
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My husband and I are looking to do our first Rehab and flip in WI. I am a CPA and he is a very handy ( has done work for others and also updated our old home where we turned a 65k net profit, which we invested into a ...
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I want to buy some rentals and hold and get the cash flow from the properties and im confused how to go about this. I was reading the Cashflow vs Appreciation thread for the longest and assumed that i can buy some che...
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Just like it says, are there any very young investors out here on bigger pockets?
One of the hardest things for me is finding someone in the same age group as I am (teenager, almost adult tho =]) ...
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Hello BP,I am going to do this thread as a thank you to all the help I have recieved from others on this site, and I am hoping it will help others to see me go through this process.Intitial closing and lessons learned...
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In the last week of November my girlfriend and I walked through a brand new apartment and instantly fell in love with it. Everything is brand new (appliances, hardwood floors, etc). We asked the landlord the normal...
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As we return to the post-pandemic pace of supply and demand, investors are beginning to count the cost of operating a vacation rental, and if it is all really worth it. Well written article here. One huge factor not...