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Newbie question here.
Commercial loan have balloon payments due in 10 years or so.
What if it's a bad environment (recession)? Will the bank typically roll it over? If you have first hand experience ple...
Hey BP community!I’m looking at a funkier opportunity. My sister currently rents in Austin, TX and is saving up to buy there. She’s sent me a few houses in the area, like this one.We’re thinking about co-investing i...
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I purchased 2 turnkey properties through Memphis Invest (now REI Nation) in 2019. Everything was going well with both until about a year ago. For one home, the tenant went bankrupt in mid-2020 and stopped paying ren...
Hi,As a first time home buyer, I want to learn and experience real estate so I would like to buy a duplex to gain experience as a landlord and get familiar with the processes. I found that most of recommendations to b...
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I am reading a book by a well-known author right now and he has some disparaging remarks for yield measurements for real estate investing. I tend to agree with him given that most real estate activities carry a huge ...
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Just curious what some of you syndicators plan to do where you have been buying 3, 4, 5 cap "value add" deals. If rates move against you, what is the plan? I have no dog in the fight but aside from the 100% bonus dep...
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Perhaps this is a better topic for a blog post, and perhaps I'll do that. But - is there a bubble or isn't there? Should we keep buying, or shouldn't we?On one hand, prices are outpacing income growth. On the other ha...
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I keep on hearing from investors that "I'm waiting for interest rates to go down" or I hear "I need rates to go down for the numbers to make sense". Maybe these investors are saying this because they just got into inv...
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I watch what the other countries are doing to address the government debt and I know that is coming our way. I want to be prepared.
Callapsed stock markets,devalued currency, and higher taxes are just a few thoughts...
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Hi BP!I have owned my home in the East Bay for 6 years and am ready to get into investing. I am considering these three options and would love some expert advice on which makes the most sense on what to do with up to ...