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Hi there! My fiance is ready to emabark on his first fix and flip, and he's looking at a Hard Money Loan with Lending Home to finance the purchase and renovation. As you all know, these HML loans come with a hefty dow...
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A couple of firsts for me here on BP. This is my first post, so I am excited to get involved in the community. And I am posting about my first investment deal. Truth be told, this is not our first rental property, ...
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Hello, my name is John Wheeler and I am wanting to invest in a beach house STR in Texas. I’ve started reading books on STR, does anyone have any other recommendations on education? Also, if anyone has any information ...
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Hello all! Newbie here still studying and hoping to get started in REI when I move to SoCal in Jan 2018. I'm mainly looking into house hacking when I get there to get some cashflow before I start getting into rentals...
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Are VRBOs a good investment? Any watch outs? Would you recommend doing it? If there is already a forum on this subject, please direct me. I'm sure this has been discussed many times :) Debbie
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Sharing the Freddie Mac Worst Cities in terms of declining values. Boom towns zoom towns going down. Probably time to sell in Boise.
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Hi all, I'm looking to get into my first investment property and have ran the numbers on what I think is a great opportunity. I have 2 questions, see the details on the deal below:1. Does my math check out? Am I missi...
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To be honest, I'm not even sure if you can carry an annual warranty policy on rentals, but is this an avenue anyone utilizes? The benefits would certainly be to stabilize fluctuations in maintenance costs and to stre...