Hello. I'm 23 years old from a small town in central Louisiana. Wanting to get into real estate. Leaning towards buying a home 2-3 br and renting it out. In this area there's lots of smaller houses and mobile homes al...
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So, I'm currently browsing all the easy listing engines, zillow, realtor, the rest, trying to get a feel for what's available, what things are priced at etc... and simultaneously bouncing that off an interesting re...
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Let's talk about it. How is our situation in 2020 different from the 2008 crisis? What strategies worked then that will not work now; which ones will be just as successful?
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So I'm feeling fairly frustrated with hard money at the moment. Does anyone have an experience with a lender that actually returns phone calls and gets back to you? I'm finding that there are so many that just ignor...
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Two nights ago, I attended a meeting in Prince George's County about buy and hold investing as well as managing your own properties. So I'm just going to jump into some of the things we went over. Feel free to add any...
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This is probably a very basic question, but I have no shame when it comes to learning here in BP: I'm about to do a cash out refi on one property (#1) I own free and clear in order to use that cash as a down payme...
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Hi all,This is my first post but I have a question. I dove into my first project back in April. I still have not decided if I should flip it or hold it. I like the area and believe there is a strong possibility of app...
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Tenant complained that the fence blew down. I look at it and it's the neighbors fence and I explain that to them. I try to track down the landlord of the neighboring house to offer him half of the cost of the fence, w...
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So, tanent (renting for about 8 months here) called saying his fiance left, so he can't pay full rent.
both of them are on lease ,now I don't want to be a warden and manage roommates etc.
I would rather prefer to r...
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So I am getting closer to jump in with my first investment. I have cash ready to go but I also have the option to pull out a significant amount of equity from my primary residence by using a HELOC. My question, is i...