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I'm new here and analyzing the economics of buy and hold real estate here in the bay area. In most of my calculations, the best return I can achieve is about 6-9% annualized return for a 10-30 year period which is qu...
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At the end of almost every podcast for many years, they used to ask, "What separates those that succeed from those that fail?" or something along those lines. Over the years I've worked with somewhere in the range of ...
Thank you to everyone for your comments on my last spec deal post, especially @J Scott and @Will Barnard.I’ve worked through the opportunity further, met with local real estate agents and other developers to get thei...
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Hello everyone! My wife and I are looking to start our real estate journey! Currently we live in Hawaii and I am an active duty Soldier, we have decided that investing in Hawaii is too much of a risk for us at the mom...
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Does anyone have suggestions on the type of paint they recommend for use in rental properties? Low maintenance and durability are my goals. Just starting out with my first rehab! Thanks BP family!
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I am 23 years old. And I wish I wasn't. I am an aspiring buy and hold investor, and have already closed on my first property. I make $50,000+ annually, have a 720+ credit score, and no debt. But I am stuck. Here is...
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OK, so a deal came on the market within the last 24hrs that I think I may want to make my first as-an-investor offer on. But...I have no liquid funds. Can I make an offer with financing up in the air? Isn't it customa...
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Hey everyone I’m 22 years old turning 23 in December and i want to get started in Real Estate Investing flipping houses preferably and having that return buy me rental properties for cash flow. However, I have never o...
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I'd like to talk about this topic with everybody because I feel its a legitimate problem. WIth a recession upon us we know the housing boom was part of it. Including the fact that some entire housing developments were...