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Dear Pocketers,
How do you harden / bullet-proof your rentals?
While I've never had anyone utterly trash a rental of mine, I've seen the damage they can do first hand (typically when buying the rental and seeing ...
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Hey everyone ive been hearing about and researching VELOCITY BANKING alot lately. Seems too good to be true. Any of you experts have experience in this field and can confirm or deny? Thanks everyone!Nick
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Over the years I’ve seen many questions here on BiggerPockets forum related to various aspects of using self-directed Solo 401k real estate investing. But the challenge is that those questions are spread out across pr...
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I bought my first investment property back in November 2017. It's a live in duplex and I rent out one of the units and do AirBNB out of the finished basement. Everything is going great so far and I've been looking int...
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Do people still buy property in California for any reason other than the weather? Seems like everything else about California sucks. High taxes. Soft on crime. People just stealing whatever and whenever they want. Hom...
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I posted this elsewhere but figured I'd share my 5+ year ongoing story of buying rental properties to encourage members here. Personal Background
Most of my childhood was spent growing up inside a tenant house on a...
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Good Morning everyone!Question that I have today is;If I BRRRR a Duplex or Triplex with money I borrowed from a Private investor.Once I pay off the private investor and get my money out. I would still be responsible f...
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I live in MA and I am considering buying a lake property in NH. Ideally I would rent it out most of the busy season, but would take a week trip with my family as well. Also any strategies on how to buy it would be a...
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Hey, guys!I've been on BP for about 7 months now and I have quickly learned two things:There is no better place than BP to talk real estateThe wealth of information on BP is immeasurableI've read and learned quite a l...
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Question for the more experienced and well versed agents / brokers here:
With economic woes striking many communities in the United States, how
can you as an agent best provide additional value to someone facing...