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I live in California and am interested in purchasing my first investment property in an A or B neighborhood in one of the above states, ideally under $300k. Does anyone have recent experience in markets in any of thes...
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I am sure that there is a spectrum of risk that we could all chart ourselves on and therefore I am not looking for right or wrong answers to this but am curious: How much are you keeping in reserves for each of you...
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I started last year and I have 5 units in Phoenix area and couple of primary (bought in 2014) and secondary home (bought in 2021) in Seattle which is where I am based. Phoenix is getting more and more expensive and nu...
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It has been in the news a lot recently about Iran's current leaders and their contempt toward the west!
Could things be changing? It appears the country is uprising against the leaders!!!!
See this news report.
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I've herd about a technique for getting together funds by opening several credit cards and getting line increases until you have enough to purchase a property, then refinancing out. Sound like a good idea or bad. Has ...
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San Francisco is expected to be the worst performing real estate market in the national in 2020. The best is expected to be Austin Texas. This info is coming from Zillow so take it with a grain of salt... and consult ...
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Hello everyone!
I have 0 properties yet and I'm at my starting point. Any advice is great advice and I appreciate it. I'm debating whether I want to do long term rental of multifamily or short term rentals for airbnb...
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Market is hot, getting cash offers that are way over what my property is worth. 2.5x what I bought it at. It is becoming harder to ignore. Would be about $200k profit from one property that I could use on 2-3 other p...
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Hi all –I'm going to start posting here pretty frequently and start a member blog here on BiggerPockets and I want to know what you want to know about starting or growign your business.What is it that scares you? It ...