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What is the best niche for newbies investors to get started with? My goals are to have my own real estate investing company that invest in single family homes, apartment buildings, duplexes, etc....
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This is a warning to agents, brokers and investors who may be considering joining ActiveRain.com as a way to generate new relationships. Why the warning? Not unlike the infamous Eagles song, Hotel California, you can ...
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I recently had a tenant move out of a SF rental without notice. I wanted to share some ideas and lessons-learned that may help fellow investors. The order in which you follow these steps isn't necessarily as importa...
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Investment Info:
Small multi-family (2-4 units) buy & hold investment in Norfolk.
Purchase price: $236,000
Cash invested: $60,000
Duplex investment near Old Dominion University in Norfolk, VA.
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I am new to Bigger Pockets and am learning a lot reading all of the endless posts about RE. I am closing on my first rental condo soon and I am trying to make sure it gets rented as soon as possible. Here are the th...
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I am reading in the forum that bank and mortgage company would go after the overbid when the amount is large enough, and a question just popped: How about the home owner, who pays monthly into the escrow ? Clearly th...
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I have a pre foreclosure I am trying to take over payments on. The wife is the only one listed on the mortgage but in NC it takes both husband and wife to sell.
The wife is living in Washington state and has been my...
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Hi BP community,I am newbie starting out my RE investing journey and looking to connect with like minded people in DFW area. I recently came across lifestyle unlimited membership in one of the local meetup groups post...
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Hi all, My tenants are asking to break their lease after finding bedbugs before they move in. I arranged to have an exterminator come take care of them the day after they were discovered but they are now asking to br...
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HI All,I am currently looking into some sort of software that can show me the performance amongst all of my real estate investments. Ideally this tool will show me high level data like Monthly Revenue, Expenses, etc. ...