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I know the "50% rule" is bandied about as gospel here in the forums, but haven't seen any actual, hard data that says that operating expenses tend to be ~50% of gross rent income. I'd like to verify this number is, in...
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The purpose of this posting is to give you Birddogs (Property Locator sounds better) a little help in getting started in the birddog world. I just want to outline your responsibilities as a birddog and how to avoid pi...
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As the title says, I’m a 19 year old college student. I’m finishing my first semester in two weeks and overall I was pretty successful. The problem is I’ve yet to feel truly happy with what I’ve done with my life. I’m...
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Attention!!!!
Landlords / rental property owners in affected areas of the Covid19 pandemic
The SBA Economic Injury Disaster Loans (EIDL) are available for rental property owners if your state has already made th...
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I have never been a big fan of 401k and retirement accounts in general that are invested in mutual funds. I have always thought of it as a "life deferral plan", you put money in, that is money that is lost from your l...
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https://www.foxnews.com/us/102-year-old-california-woman-evicted-so-landlords-daughter-can-move-inThis guy is evicting a 102 year old woman so his daughter can move in to the apartment. The woman had been living there...
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Hello Everyone,
New to BP and real estate investing. Wondering if anyone has had any experience with https://livehomeroom.com ? If so, what was your experience like? They bring co-living to the Midwest and currently...