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Newbies to Real Estate Investing Education and Newbies to REI Success are not the same. There's a sophomore (which is an educated idiot) level if may. I understand many concepts and for a few years tried to hold on to...
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I'm sure this will get mixed reviews, but I want to see everyone's opinion on this. I am a real estate professional and my company is in the business to assist people, investors, and companies in buying and selling t...
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While looking into out of state investing, I've noticed two types of "turnkey" companies. One presents fully rehabbed properties ready to rent and others find you a property and use your money to finance the rehab. Ob...
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I've been working several configurations to get this to work. This is my first experience with focusing on terms instead of low cash offers. I'd love your ideas. Here is the breakdown.2/1 SFR House free and clear. Se...
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Hello, everyone!Been lurking for a bit, since I am too new to add much yet. But I figure it's time to introduce myself anyway. :)I am so thankful to be here, with access to good information and new relationships! I fo...
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On several other re forums this has been a topic of great debate. There's several "gurus" who claim investing in rentals in dumb. Feedback on this please. Why or why not invest in rentals. Aren't they a great replacem...
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After dropping my lady off at work this morning, I decided to go driving for dollars for the very first time. I found nearly a dozen properties that appeared to be vacant/in distress, so overall, I thought it went pre...
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Unfortunately one of my tenants defaulted in March'24. She paid rent till February using one of the rent collection platform that I have been using. Last week she recalled the February month rent saying that she didn'...
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Good Morning Everyone, I wanted to learn what other folks are using for tenant background, credit and criminal checks. Our current process is thru a website called Avail and that has been pretty smooth but the appli...
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Good Morning, My name is Jessica and I have recently joined the BP community. I have read a lot of the posts in regards to people's opinions about whether or not to pursue a degree to grow my REI. There seems to be a ...