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My goal is to purchase my first apartment building before the end of 2016 and I have been studying, reading, and listening to everything I can get my hands on. Recently I have come across information from a few differ...
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What was the "gutsiest" thing you did to finally take the plunge into REI? For me, I unexpectedly lost my job last year and decided to go all-in by investing over 100% of my savings into my first BRRRR. The purchase w...
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I manage real estate for investors, and wanted to hear from the insurance brokers as to what your feel is for the growing number of "service Animals" in rental properties. The biggest concern that I have is that we ca...
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Hello,
I currently live in California and am looking to buy my first rental and trying to decide which state and strategy I should pursue to start.
A little about me:
-W2 (remote) - not sure how long will last, so ...
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I want to buy commercial real estate as an investment with the intent of using some of the space to do something in the food space. I'm on cape cod MA, upper cape specifically, where hundreds of thousands of tourista...
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This question is for buy and hold investors. My investment plan is to buy the right properties and hold them forever. For me, it's not about quantity and number of deals, but about quality and getting my few propertie...
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In looking at the Minneapolis market, many multifamily homes are built around the 1900s. This is going on 122 years old, which means many harsh winters, degradation, foundation issues, etc. Many have boiler heat and A...
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Hey everyone, I was interested in doing student housing and I know individual room rental is becoming popular. My question is, how do you determine rental rates when doing this? Do you just go by the going rate for t...
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OK Bigger Pockets,First real post so here it goes...I'm a rookie. Completely new to real estate investing but I've spent the last couple of months listening to BP podcasts, attended some webinars, and getting in some...