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Hello everyone,I'm just starting out in the Atlanta Metro Area and I'm looking to buy my first property in the next 3 - 6 months. I've been reading over the forums regarding house hacking and I've come to a couple con...
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Backstory:I received a call from an investor this week. They were looking for a portfolio loan. They had four properties they owned. They acquired them in 2022 all with zero down and all were recently renovated homes....
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Hello BP,Thank you for the great information and sharing here. As a newbie, I really appreciate the advice. I have been looking to buy here in New York City where I live and am hitting the wall. I think a better use o...
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Question for everyone in the forums. What is your experience with solar panels and how the bank handles them? I'm assuming these would be a lien on a property like any other lien? The only reason I ask, is they don't ...
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I'm curious to see how many people actually have enough deductions to not pay any income tax on their cashflow at the end of the year? If you own buy and hold properties, do you pay tax at the end of the year, or not?...
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Hi all, I recently started an informal real estate group with some old college friends. They are all looking at strategies to use for their first deal and many of us are leaning towards a house hack to reduce the amou...
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This will be a continuously updated step by step BRRRR post. I stole this idea from @Lesley Resnick so I first need to give her some credit. I really enjoy reading about her progress and it inspired me to do it as w...
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I posted a few thoughts I had on another post. However, I think I have more solid thoughts and questions now.I really want to do buy and hold real estate investing.I have about 20K in a PLOC, a credit rating about to...
The masks probably aren’t helping people much against the Corona Virus, but right now, in middle America, there are investors buying up all the dust masks from all the paint stores etc. There’s likely going to be an ...