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I am under contract for me first...investment (I'm not going to call it a rental and you'll see why). Its a 5 bed/3bath, 2300 (+basement) SFH on .48 ac and is across the street from the hospital in a nice part of town...
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I'm pretty much a newbie at this, and so just playing around with numbers as an exercise. Here's how I approached it:Searching on CL and Zillow got me to this SFH in the Hampden neighborhood of Baltimore (hipster/very...
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Like everyone right now, I am spending a lot of time at home thinking about the short, mid and long-term impacts of our "new normal". A question I keep thinking about is what will be the new trends that will emerge as...
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Hello BP crowd,
I am fairly new to Bigger Pockets but not to real estate. I keep my ear to the ground here in Northwest Indiana and I want to offer a networking/knowledge source here in my back yard. I wanted to...
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Hey all, I am just getting into real estate and want to see these two sides from other perspectives. I feel as though I understand the pros and cons of each throughly and have chosen out of state. I live in San Diego,...
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Hello everyone,I'm seeking advise from anyone who is willing to give it. I'm very new to the real estate investing world, but have been interested for a long time. I've saved up around 80,000 dollars and feel like 201...
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Found a REO that's been listed for 150 days. Needs a lot of renovations. It's a 4b/2b, 1,497sf, built in 1973, has a 2 car garage. List price is $275k. Found 3 very similar comps. First one sold for $319k on Sep 5, 3b...
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I just downloaded Brandon Turner's spreadsheet calculator and was going down the list and saw excise tax. For those familiar with the Dallas market, what is the excise tax on the sale or property here? Is it the same ...
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For some of you who have followed my previous posts and have reached out to me, you’ll know that I made a decision a few years ago during the height of the pandemic to change strategies from house flipping with invest...
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I love the BP community and I'm probably going to get speared for this post, but I'm tired of the drivel spewed on this website by really intelligent people in regards to various investment vehicles, but usually aimed...