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When I scroll through this forum I see lots of stories about the first deal or the tenth. The profit on this deal, the addition of a new unit. Turning a bad deal into a good one. Those are often wonderful stories and ...
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I've got a soon to be married couple with a 2 year old wanting to rent my 2 bedroom property. I faxed off their background check earlier tonight. I was just curious what the average experience seems to be with child...
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Just curious for those that are doing rentals, which is your preference? For me I think for the long term I'd prefer SFH just because I think they would be easier to sell if need be.
What about you?
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At the house I am interested in, there is a brick wall near the house and then the railroad tracks are about 100 feet outside the brick wall. Is this an automatic "no" for a potential rental? (I haven't been there whe...
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Hello everyone, I am a recent graduate from college with a job that is paying decently well, approximately mid five figures. I have saved a lot from working throughout college and have approximately 20K in savings. As...
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I was wondering if any oos/out of state investors hire a real estate expert/consultant in the area they are looking to investor or do they spend months trying to learn the market by themselves or do they work with a r...
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I'm always trying to educate myself in different ways of learning about the real estate game. I stumbled on real estate tax liens and tax deeds. They claim is the best kept secret in the real estate game with high ret...
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My wife and I are in the process of purchasing our first investment property! I feel like we have hit a roadblock. We are currently going through the pre-approval process with a local credit union. The bank does off...
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Hey BP,I am very close to closing on a duplex which is about 3 blocks from my 3 family home (my current residence). I will be moving into the duplex once I close and I will rent out the unit I currently live in - leav...
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Don't let your excitement and determination to get a deal funded blind you to the notorious red flags of so called Private Money Lenders. Believe me I know, I've dealt with enough PMLs to see the red flags before they...