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My Husband and I are definite newbies to this wonderful, exciting adventure. We have been exposed to working with realtors...in the form of move out/in and showing cleanings. We've been in business since 2006 as clean...
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Hello Bigger Pockets Community,I am brand new to the site and real estate investing(sort of). I currently work in Trade Finance with a focus on Purchase Order Funding. We come across a lot of real estate related situa...
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Hi,I did my first 3 years with a boutique agency in Seattle which was fine for the purposes of buying and selling my own properties or those of friends and family but there wasn't any new client leads and the desk fee...
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Hi All,I need some recommendations for the areas in Chicago to get the best return on a rental unit or Single Family. Up to 200k in a preferably up and coming neighborhood. Any suggestions out there? Looking in the ...
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Hi, I am looking into purchasing mobile park in FL. I do not have experience in commercial real estate transactions. I am from Buffalo . Should I find a local agent or use a lawer? I will appreciate your recommendatio...
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Looking for input/opinions/constructive feedback.Purchased a property 9/30 with intention of marketing as STR/MTR.DD with no red flags and seemed like good area for this strategy d/t lots of healthcare and huge milita...
HGTV’s Heather and Tarek El Moussa have built an empire that any entrepreneur would be jealous of. They’ve collectively flipped over a thousand homes, started syndications with tens of millions of dollars invested, ha...
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Where to start -- I'm a newbie when it comes to actually applying all the information I've pounded into my head about real estate over the last decade. Finally got the stars all lined up to leap off the cliff and do...
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I've got a quite a few units. All have older 25+ year old gas boilers. (gas baseboard) I plan to keep them long term. At what point do I start replacing the boilers, albeit before they actually break and have to b...
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My husband and I bought of first duplex. We went back and forth on leasing options, but decided to go with a month to month contract for our first tenants. Which contract option is better - month to month or a 12 mon...