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Hello BP community! My name is Zac, I am a new investor living in the Houston, TX area. I am looking to get going and think that a great starting point is to develop a team before hand as suggested by Brandon Turner. ...
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All successful people have a mentor in there field. How do you find one in real estate ? I’m 20 years and im a plumber currently however i really enjoy real estate I been reading books attending seminars ( most of whi...
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I am looking at beginning my Real Estate investing journey in approximately 3 months (can’t start now due to a military PCS coming up) and I want to make sure I have all the proper groundwork laid so I can hit the gro...
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There is a property I am interested in wholesaling. It's in a great neighborhood and the seller is asking for $189,900. The ARV is $270K. Repairs are estimated at only 15K as the property only needs some cosmetic work...
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So I saw a house and it was nice minimal work is needed. They want $90 for it and it is worth about 89 but it does need some work so so I am stuck.
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Hello BP! So after a long time my family and I are finally in a position to buy our first investment property. I was looking at a duplex or triplex here in the Houston area to get things going with a house hack, but I...
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Hi all,I am going through a nightmare. I am under contract for a 72 unit property and we got a bad phase 2... the lead levels in the soil are above the threshold. The environmental inspection company did not really pr...
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I was offered to purchase a single house for 20k. It’s worth about $160k. However the tenants are elderly, desperate and want to live rent free for ten years. Taxes are about $4k. Needs some minor improvements that I ...
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As part of my investment plan, I formulated the following: Use a portion of equity in my current single family home for down payment to purchase an investment property. Home was purchased as an estate sale in original...
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Hello, I am looking to preferably build rental portfolio. I want cash flow. I have been talking to sellers that have distressed properties. So I was thinking of acquiring these distressed homes w short term seller fi...