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What are your thoughts on investing in a condo as a str vs a sfm. The big benefit of str in my opinion is chase flow and obviously since you’re typically buying in a desirable area you can offer get really good apprec...
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Hey BP folks,
I recently purchased a property at the Houston Texas December foreclosure auction and was wondering if anyone had insight on a similar situation....
Looks like first mortgage foreclosed on this house b...
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We have a SFH under contract and want to ask the owner to owner finance it. (it's free and clear...has been sitting empty 2 yrs)
If he agrees, do we have to set it up in with conventional bank style terms (x...
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Hello everyone,I will start by saying that I am a brand new investor. I have one property with two houses on it I decide to live in one and rent the other(house hacking as I've heard it called), this put me on to the ...
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Hello people, I have been to smoky mountain area about 4 times now. I love it down here, I love driving through the winding roads. I love living in a cabin in the mountains as a vacation. In the past I keep looking pa...
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Hello All!Quick question, I was explaining the 1031 Exchange to one of my friends and he had some questions for me that I couldn't answer. Please help!Is there a specific amount of time that one must own/hold a prope...
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Hi Everyone, I'm a newbie to this forum. I've recently inherited several properties in San Francisco. One of them a beautiful 3 bedroom 2 bath home in the heart of the Excelsior district. The people who live in the...
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My husband and I are thinking about OOS investing and we read that it is good to have a CPA with real estate investment knowledge for tax purposes. Our current CPA is kind of clueless about real estate tax implication...
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Hello! So, friend bought a property cash under their name and now refinancing (cash-out refinance) the property into an LLC that is jointly owned by both of us and we will be getting funds from this refinance for reno...
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Scenario:
- Fully stabilized retail center. "Shadow-anchored," meaning the Target or Costco building isn't included with the purchase, but it shares a parking lot or similar. In other words the subject property owner...