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Hi all, Am excited to engage with the BP community after being in the industry for 9 years! Have a ton of experience in the rental market, and ground up development including industrial and retail.
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Whether you are a real estate professional, investor or hobbyist, the value of a good lender can not be overstated. I've been in or around real estate since 2004, when I began as so many other naive, greedy and short ...
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Hi everyone. I am a new member. I currently own my own home and am interested in real estate investment as a 2nd income. Has anyone purchased land and if so, what have you done with it? Do people just hold land for a ...
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Investment Info:
Small multi-family (2-4 units) buy & hold investment.
Purchase price: $255,000
On Market duplex. Negotiated from 325k to 275k. Used inspection to bring down to 255k with 3% seller ...
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I just bought a SFR rental in Southwest PA with some visible mold in the basement. A "mold remediation company" quoted me $4,500 to handle the situation. However, my contractor said he has a guy that can take care o...
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Hi Bigger Pockets community, I have been investing in multi-family syndications for several years now and have experienced decent success in the space. When I started, I was living in Southern California and met th...
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Why would a single filer full time employee for ABC company making 100k per year in the 28% tax bracketEver want to becoming self employed and have to start paying self employment tax? So basically 28% + 15%?What is t...
Most people get started in Airbnb because they have an extra home or somehow have access to a secondary property that they think will be a successful vacation rental. This is a great way to get started because taking ...
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I own small commercial multifamily B class property that is being surrounded by newly built rental apartments in Lawrenceville in a prime location. I am trying to decide whether to sell or hold on. We bought it 2 yea...
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How would you go about deciding on what area to invest in? For example, would you randomly pick an area and start researching using the Census? Or would you contact PM Companies in an area you're curious about and pi...