Hi all,My wife and I bought a 2/1 condo in 2005 for $435K in San Mateo, CA. Due to our children's schooling situation we had to move into a San Francisco rental and rent out the condo which we have done since 2010. We...
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I have just rehabbed a home in San Antonio, TX. I will be selling this home soon. It is now under contract. I did not use a GC for this rehab. I had my RE agent act as the project manager. The problem I have is that ...
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We are new investors, just starting out. We were pre approved for a commercial loan, but should we try for conventional? Or something else? We paid off the conventional loan on our primary residence a few years ago,...
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Hey everybody, I'm exploring whether this concept would be helpful for anyone who househacks, owner occupies and rents out, or rents their own property. Feedback needed on whether this is a problem for you, whether yo...
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Hi BP family.
Quick question:
Lets say, I paid $100K cash for a property purchased under a LLC. Few months later I refi'ed the property at a slightly higher amount and the bank paid the llc back $120K.
If I use the...
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I own a few vacant lots in a large city. I have no concept of the cost to construct SFH up to 4 plex rentals. I am very interested in alternative building concepts like Earth Bags, and (especially) shipping containers...
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Hey everyone! So Costco has a new blanket/comforter in stock. https://www.costco.com/seasons-collection-down-alternative-b...Seasons Collection Down Alternative blanket. I got one today at the store in queen size for ...
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Hi, I'm looking to consult with lawyers who deal with Ellis evictions in SanFrancisco/Oakland area. Any recommendations? TIA!
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Is anyone familiar with /using Azibo?? All in one landlord friendly software??
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RE investors usually put down what 10-25% and finance the rest when purchasing real estate.Why not do the same in a REIT (or two)? There are some paying dividends of 10%+ right now.Do you make a higher % than that on ...