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Hey guys I am new to real estate investing. I am a recent graduate went to school for urban and regional planning. I've been doing some research and have decided to invest in Chicago, Indianapolis, Kansas City, Atlant...
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This came up in another thread and I thought it worth having its own discussion.
What do you think would encourage those people who come and read the site (available to non-members) to sign up and participate?
Ideas...
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Hi, question:
May I tell a prospective tenant he's not a good fit before showing the house to him because he's refusing to comply with my showing policy of sharing a copy of his ID with me prior to the showing? He's ...
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Hello everyone,my wife and I want to start our real estate investing journey to boost our wealth and retirement fund. Long-term single or small multifamily rental would be our strategy to go. We live in California at ...
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One of the biggest rookie mistakes that I see newbie wholesalers make is that they want to start looking at real estate BEFORE they have any buyers....
Even when things were decent with our housing market I would nev...
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Has anyone sat through the entire Connected Investors latest webinar? There are some big claims made in the teasers and wonder what the deal is. I gave up 35 minutes in after it started to smell too much of sales pitc...
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This is really going to be off topic! Who in the BP community is a Bourbon and Whiskey drinker, collector or snob. I have begun to collect and really learn more about the art of Bourbon and have taken a break from r...
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I am a mad scientist when it comes to marketing. I will try anything once, and most things twice. So let me ask all of you, what is your favorite or most creative marketing technique?I will shart my most creative. ...
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I just finished listening to podcast 257 and wonder which out of state places are probably the best to invest into for rental properties (not rehab) for 2018?
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I have a turn-key rental with Mack Companies in suburban Chicago that has been vacant for FOUR MONTHS!A small sample of my issues with the management:Finding out a tenant has moved out weeks after the fact. When the m...