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Hi there , I don’t own any real estate yet , but I want to get my first property this year as I have a nice amount for down payment . My initial goal was to buy a 2 family home in LOng island and house hack but the do...
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I am new to investing, but I am a real estate attorney in RI, MA, and CT. Currently living in RI. I was thinking about purchasing my first property in Florida (long distance; likely a single family), but I do not pl...
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Hi all. I didn't want to look this up as it would possibly stress me out more, I'd rather ask here and get a direct expert answer .So I heard from someone , whom heard it from her son , that there will be new laws/reg...
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Commercial real estate is a significant driver of economic growth and investment returns worldwide. Data from IBISWorld shows that the market size of global commercial real estate by revenue was $992 billion in 2020. ...
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I only have 10 listings currently but my goal is to ramp this up pretty rapidly towards 50+ units and I can already see housekeeping and linens being my #1 stumbling block. Linens: We do houses not apartments for the ...
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I’m having a difficult day (few days) and am hoping to hear some words of encouragement from the community that will help convince me that real estate investing is a good idea. That I’m not wasting my time looking int...
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Really thought I would have an easier time finding a consistent definition of this by googling.
Can someone lay out for me what of the following goes into the expense part of the 50% ratio?:
[/u]Hard, real costs (eg...
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Hello Everyone,How am i supposed to tell if something is a good deal? What numbers are your rule of thumb? I am able to add up all the bills to figure out what i would have to pay each month, as well as see what i w...
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Every January, we release our outlook on what we believe is likely to happen in the coming year. This year is difficult because so many things are happening simultaneously worldwide.
I started this outlook in our Dec...
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My wife and I started learning about real estate in January of 2019.
In June of 2019 we purchased our first primary residence and converted the basement into an 2 bed/1 bath apartment which we started renting out in ...