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According to Reuters, S&P has downgraded the US Credit Rating from AAA to AA+ and may likely downgrade again in the next year plus.
Thoughts? Insight?
I realize this may get political, but think this is an impo...
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Hello Everyone,
I would like to hear from the new to seasoned investor about the rehab pitfalls you have run into. That One thing you wish you had of known before you started or that "A-HA" moment. Things that would...
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A reply on another thread made me wonder about something. Mikeoh mentioned fannie mae is showing 5% appreciation annually over the past 50 years on average. The Rule Of 72 says that to find out how long it takes to do...
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In my market (Sacramento) and in a few outlying smaller markets, real estate has been pretty hot with prices climbing ever higher, approaching pre-crash levels. A few months ago I was noticing things cooling off a bit...
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Where is the Real Estate market headed from here, will the prices go up, down or remain the same. Thoughts?
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Well, I hear that flip itself doesn’t create profit and time and effort spent make the property sell at faire market value.
Meanwhile flip is not (or should not be) dependent on house value appreciation.
So when you...
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I'm sure there are a few posts for this floating around, but I wanted to bring it up again and open up some ideas.
How do YOU get the banks to accept your offer, either short sale or REO?
My first (and only, to da...
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Hi BP family,
Please help me understand, why using an agent in the deal makes sense?
I have been flipping apartments for the past few years. Now I got a job as a real estate agent in a small local real estate compan...
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Hi All,
My name is Andrew and I'm from the Southeast PA area (Philly suburbs) and have been involved in real estate since 2006 when I purchased and "house hacked" my first home. To date I've been focused on buy and ...
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Hi, I've been providing an ongoing log of my first direct mail campaign (here: https://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/517/topics/34...). At the outset, I thought the weakest piece of this process would be fielding inq...