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Howdy BP Family, I feel as though I have gained a year of experience worth of being an AirBnB host in a week. For over a year I have been working on building a garage apartment in my backyard in the Houston Heights n...
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Been racking my brain trying to think of all the ways to get my place sold. A few things that I have come up with - not sure if they would have any effect at all - are:Offer a higher commission than the traditional 3%...
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I've been trying to figure out how to become a legit investor again in my own market outside of the most common ways (big banks, traditional loans, etc.) and have been reading and listening (for quite some time now) t...
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My wife and I will be stationed in Washington next year. We currently own a house in Charleston, SC and we were thinking about selling it. However I've been hearing a lot about real estate investing and renting our pr...
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Hello, all!I am new to REI and have loved learning more about the process through Bigger Pockets. I do not yet have any properties, but am spending as much time a I can learning until I feel confident enough to purcha...
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I have a one bedroom duplex that I’m considering doing Airbnb, however it will cost me about $1,000 to get it ready. Is there a way to determine if there’s a market for it in my area, prior to making that investment?
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I am new to Bigger Pockets but not to real estate. I have been in the buy hold game for over 20 years. I can honestly say I have made about every mistake humanly possible in real estate but I have always been good at ...
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Subject pretty much covers it. I've picked up a few rentals in Denver in the past 2 years but I bought them as primaries, moved in, then moved onto the next one. Now I'm in a primary that I'm not going to leave for a ...
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I was thinking about testing some FB ads, using some "we buy houses for cash" type messaging. I'm curious if anyone else has tested this and seen any notable results?
I was also wondering if the market is good right now in Germany. My husband and I are thinking of moving out there in the next few years and I was wondering if I would be able to continue my real estate investing.