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I know its encouraged here to tell your friends and family your goals with real estate. Tell everyone what you want to do and are looking for. My problem is everytime I do, I constantly have to defend myself and the r...
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I bought a house in Balcones Woods. Right in the middle of Domain & the Arboretum. The house is in a really good location. Its a 3 bedroom 2 bathroom with a huge backyard. I bought it for 385k in dec 2014. I lived...
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I've been looking at real estate rental investment and I'm wondering what people think a good investment is. If I made a purchase and only broke even after 20 years, meaning that I never recorded any actual taxable i...
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I read too many posts from investors about "cashflow per door" or "that house does not have a positive cashflow", ect. I feel like the prevailing thought is that it is about "cashflow", singular, when real estate inve...
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Hi all, with cap rates in most medium sized markets at 5 cap, and those that are transacting around this cap rate, what is your plan? Are you looking to hold long term and defer as much expenses as possible, wait for ...
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Greetings, BP community! I am a newbie buy/hold investor, in the process of closing on my first SFR. I plan to acquire a portfolio of properties for long term retirement purposes. To give you some background, my exp...
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As a newbie I understand making the numbers work really is about buying right. Buying houses that nobody wants to touch and getting them for a really low price.With that said I have been looking at some houses that ar...
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Hello everyone,Is there still a market for flipping in the Los Angeles area? I’ve been reading negative articles saying that profits have dropped from flip projects. Now I know it’s a case-by-case situation, but is it...
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Hi new BiggerPockets friends!
I am in a good cash position and looking to enter into real estate.
I'm trying to wrap my head around one key thing... For simple math, if I purchased a $100k property with 20% down a...