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Hey everyone! I currently live in Lawrenceville GA and am excited to be starting my real estate journey! I am interested in buying a SFH rental property, to buy and hold. As a new investor, I'm ideally looking for a u...
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Hello!I just bought my second home, a complete fixer upper that I plan to use the BRRR strategy on. I recently discovered that most cash-out refinance programs require that you maintain 20% equity in the home, which m...
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Hi BP fam, What is the difference in Private Money from a company vs Hard Money. I understand the logic of Private Money from a friend or family member, but I don't understand the difference when a company advertises...
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I know families are a protected class so you can't discriminate against a family and not rent to them because they have kids.
Let's say you had two families that were identical in every way except the age of ...
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Hi All! Looking to purchase a larger single family home that we could short term rent (some) but also use for our extended family. As we are not local to the area, we are wondering the best steps to start looking into...
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Hi all,I bought a 3b1ba home in south Chicago about 2 years ago on a turnkey website. The numbers made sense at the time from what I could tell.Fast-forward 2 years and I've paid about 18K in repairs, which seems at l...
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I'm trying to find an investment, cash flow, rental property, and everything seems crazy expensive.- Less than 20 years old- Desirable school district- Single, detached homeAnyone have any pointers of surrounding area...
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Hello everyone. I have a quick question for everyone.If I get a hard loan to buy a house that is only accepting cash offers can I refinance to a conventional loan after having bought the house?
Everyone always says, "The worst that can happen is that they say no." Well are there any other dangers of putting in a low ball offer?
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Hi All, fairly new member here. I have searched, but have not found specifics recently that would address this issue. We are in the midst of purchasing our 3rd rental. It is a REO. We are purchasing it at 60% ARV,...