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Hi All,I'm completely new to real estate investing and trying to figure out how to get started in the Philly region. I am interested in buy and hold, preferably with houses near where I live in West Chester. I am an I...
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Need an advise!!!!Buying a house in LA (ESCROW does the title here, we don't use lawyers in LA ). Escrow close on 10.15, all the docs are signed and the financing approved....Oppps...The real estate agent calls me tod...
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Listening to all of the podcasts and reading the BP books / Rich Dad Poor Dad types makes it seem like building a portfolio and scaling smart could lead to early retirement and living on cash flow that ultimately repl...
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I was curious about this company who is offering me 80,000-100,000 from a line of credit. My fee would be $8-9k which would be taken from the backend. So basically,they would approve me based on my credit score. Then ...
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Hello,
A little backstory on my situation. I inherited a fully paid off single family rental property in 2019. At that time, we decided to leave it as is and continue to rent to the long term tenant. He passed last m...
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In general there is a lot of speculation that the housing market prices are going to drop.... at least in California, it does feel that way I see home sales slowing down, prices haven’t really dropped a lot but it def...
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Hey BP family!! Was reading up on the VA Loan and how it works and reading some posts on BP specifically Chris Mason, Lender in CA (#1220177) on "VA Loan for 2-4 units, what you need to know. Active or EAS'd." today a...
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Who is Doug Hopkins and what is his seminar really pushing? He has a seminar called "Winning The Property Wars" and it seems to relate to his TV show on the Discovery Channel that involves real estate auctions. H...