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First post here- newbie investor who is itching to buy my first rental property. However, I am almost immobilized by the price of housing and the unknowns of the current market. I believe that the most impo...
Hi folks. I’m still in learning mode but starting to focus on specific markets for buying my first SFH to put to use as an investment/long term rental property.Las Vegas is one of the markets I’ve been interested in. ...
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I am a Baltimore, MD native and I invest in my own backyard. Fortunately, the numbers make sense here. From what I've observed, the market for 1-4 unit rentals is great! However, I've begun to set my sights on larg...
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My wife and I are new investors in the state of Colorado and are looking to purchase our first rental property. We are looking for anyone who is familiar with the area that can possibly offer some advice on locations ...
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A little over a year ago, I wrote a post that received over 10k views. Based on the popularity of the post, I thought it might be worth posting an update, especially because the outcome is quite ironic! Before, I get ...
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God this site is awesome. Brandon, your blog about how to quit your job in 6 months convinced me to finally introduce myself. I feel like every time I come to the site, I find an article that was written solely for me...
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Hi my name is Matt Crain, I live on Long Island NY. I work full time as a parts receiver at an auto body shop and I work part time at Home Depot. Lately I've been interested in real estate investing, I already have a ...
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Hello all!I recently decided to leave the east coast, where I lived in NYC and Philadelphia for about 20 years. I decided to add to that change by leaving my career to focusing on Real Estate. I got my license as an a...
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There are 500k sub-prime loans out there right now 41% of them are in default with late payments not to mention all the forclosures,and there are 700k Alt-A laons 54% of all of them were cash out refi the biggest co...
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Hello BP Community,
I wanted to ask everyone how they conduct market research, what you're processes are, and how you go about filtering all 50 states, to exclude states from your research and how you choose states(c...