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Hello everyone-I've been eating up the podcasts and blog posts regularly for the last 3 months, learning a ton, but now finally jumping into participating in the community. What a cool resource this is – thanks to an...
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Hi, I'm looking for advice on ways to increase my occupancy rate for my STR in Poconos, PA. I began listing my property in May and have only had 2 bookings (both 5 star ratings). I feel like my property isn't competit...
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Hi BiggerPockets! I'm a newbie and am interested in learning more about out of state investing - specifically in Milwaukee. I currently live in Utah and the prices generally seem way too high to find anything that cou...
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Hi All, I live in Seattle and am looking for the best cities in the nation for houses and small multifamily units that are sub 100k and that have the best cashflow potential that are not complete ghettos or tear downs...
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looking seriously at little dumpy house in poor working class neighborhood.gf n I've been socially distancing because she's out working with public & i have roommate/renter that has asbestos health issues & if...
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I know if you search turnkey, you get a ton of various feedback. But I wanted to consolidate a bit here. Any recommendations and most importantly any recent horror stories of some.
The most obvious things I notice i...
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I'm a newbie, and for my first investment I'm gearing towards an out of State STR, where I can also use as a vacation home and depending where I'm at in my life, retire there. Is an STR a bad idea as a first investmen...
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Hi,
So, I'm going to be getting a place where I live in one unit and the other(s) out. I obviously have little to no issues working on my unit, but how about the others?
What if I want to do a major re...
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A long time investor in Stock/Bond/Option, recently got interested in real estate investment. Purchased our first investment house in 2011. Since 2014, I started investing into real estate private equity opportunities...
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What are everyone’s thoughts on the app “Deal machine” is there something similar to it that works best ? Or a free alternative?