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Hi BP,I'm a new real estate investor in NY. I invest in properties in Indiana. I closed on my first rental property last month, and currently fixing up the place to hopefully rent it out soon (should be advertising s...
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My father will be retiring in the next 2 years. He lives in a suburb of Baltimore, MD, and is about to close on a house in The Villages, FL, which he and his partner plan to rent out for a couple years until they are ...
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Do you ever feel like you have an amazing idea and think there is no way someone else hasn't thought of this already? Well, that's where I'm at right now. So I am a veteran and I am eligible for a VA Home loan. This w...
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Apparently, enough people are concerned about the price of oil that it has affected Houston’s ranking according to the Urban Land Institute. Realistically, as an investor, you always have to be cautious about what pr...
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I just posted a message in our blog about communities in decline or expansion, and wanted to see what our members think of their own communities.
Where do you live, and is your community growing or declining?
Also -...
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Hi,We've uprooted ourselves from down under Australia and plonked ourselves smack in the unlikeliest of places, Japan, at a 360 degree cultural turnaround.We arrived two months ago and have survived in a country that ...
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Prompted by a discussion with my wife the other night. As I continue to share with her that I am interested in investing in turn-key properties that are no where near where we live (we are New Englanders) Her questio...
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Bear with me; I'm just an Aussie trying to get a handle on some quirks of the US property market, which is much more complex than our property market in Australia, with many more techniques. Aussie investors tend to b...
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Hey spokanians,How is the market over there? I am in Ellensburg currently but looking at expanding over there for maybe a home or two. Take care