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I am a real estate broker and investor. My family has a commercial between San Antonio and Austin, TX. We are now wanting to leverage the asset to expand wealth and acquire additional assets. Our current strategy i...
Hi there BP,My name is Teddy and im from Vancouver BC Canada. I've just stepped into the REI game and im very excited to get involved.Im looking for someone in Vancouver to connect with and possibly help each other do...
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I'm in quite a few real estate groups on Facebook and see a few people who seem like they're throwing private money at you to get started in real estate investing. I'm new to real estate but I'm learning constantly ev...
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Hey BP Community,As a new investor, I'm looking for some clarification on financing deals. There's a lot of discussion around partnerships, private lending, and hard money, but I don't see much discussion on the actu...
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Hello, I currently have 3 questions to ask. When starting out as a new real estate investor do you absolutely need reserves? I was talking with a local investor and he was explaining how I need about 20k in reserves o...
My name is Jackson Thorpe. I am new to real estate investing, although I have been around real estate my whole life. I have been getting familiar with my area, and I am in the process of turning in paperwork to get my...
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I'm looking for advice , contacted a trustee loan company that uses private money to assist heirs. http://www.closeprobate.com/ ltv 50% as collateral
5 year plan at 12% meaning I'm thinking of investin...
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Private Mortgage/Hard Money Lenders are under attack in Florida!! Pending legislation may hurt hundreds of Private Lenders in Florida and across the country. SB1730 is currently seeking to redefine what a “mortgage l...
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I just returned from the American Association of Private Lenders conference (AAPL) in Las Vegas and thought I’d write a review. If you loan your own money, perhaps run a fund, fractionalize, or otherwise accept m...
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Good Morning BP,I am starting to get into the private lending side of real estate after expending all of my resources. I have started an investment LLC and a contrarian idea I came across is a strategy where I could l...