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Short-term rentals have become an increasingly popular investment strategy for real estate investors to increase wealth and passive income. STRs have very substantial tax advantages compared to other strategies as lon...
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I am brand new to real estate and have some questions. - How do I find specific utility costs for my area so I can properly analyze deals? - What utilities are needed? Are these paid by me through the tenants monthly ...
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Imagining the beginning of a R/E investors career, what does it look like to pay yourself as an investor? To add more context, let say you're a hustler and within the first year completed 2 flips, gaining $40k profit ...
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Investment Info:
Single-family residence wholesale investment in New Braunfels.
Purchase price: $73,000
Cash invested: $1,000
Sale price: $88,000
Contributors:
Logan Fullmer
This ...
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im a new member to the site after listening to a handful of bp podcasts. I work in the trades and have been a renter for about 10 years. I'm 33 yearsvold, recently married and looking to invest in real estate. My inte...
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A common theme is for landlords to require their tenants to purchase a Renters Insurance policy. Some take the next step and have them prove it (good idea). Here's the problem, an independent study was completed tha...
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Hi All,When you are calculating the ARV of a property do you use sqft of the property or the entire lot?Additionally, how true is the following information that my agent gave me about calculating the ARV?"Ages does no...
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I’ve been looking around for an investment property in Sedona, AZ . I’ve been working with a realtor about where I can use a short term rental. I’m just curious if anyone else is currently renting there and if you hav...
I am a resident physician and my wife is a medical student. We currently live in a 1BR condo that we currently have a mortgage for. The place sold for 59 grand and now we owe right around 50 grand and have since renov...
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Might be asking obvious questions, but I thought I'd poll the BP community to get some thoughts. I am a new RE investor in California looking to invest in out-of-state rental properties. So here are my two questions (...