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I have long had 4 financed properties so I have been paying 25% down plus closing costs for each new investment. I takes time for me to scrape together that kind of money for my buy and hold investment style. Whe...
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Hello BP community, so I am considering making an offer on a property (my first) but I'm going to be using a hard money lender. My questions are: When using a hard money lender is the offer presented to the seller as ...
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This shouldn't come as a surprise, but new facts show more misrepresentations from the current administration. This is hard...
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I've been on BiggerPockets for about 2 years now , I've been kind of lost on what to do , I originally wasn't sure if I wanted to house hack in my expensive market of New York City , or invest in upstate NY or out of ...
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Hello everyone, I am fairly new to the Real estate investing world, I have not gotten my first investment property yet although I have some knowledge on how to do it but I am stuck. Can anyone help me with some rules ...
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Hello,I recently sold a house in Southern California where the market is tanking so I do consider myself lucky enough to get it sold without losing a ton of money. Anyway, what should I do with the profit? I'm singl...
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Five years ago I began my journey as a real estate investor. Since then I have also branched out into other assets such as angel investing, note investing, and fund investing. In comparing common "real estate dogma"...
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Obviously a wise person would put away 6 months to 1 year of operating expenses for any property. Assuming that one did this, when following the 50% rule, is the property then labeled "self-sufficient?"
If this is t...
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Hello all, I know the basics already that I need to secure financing, get pre-approved for a loan, do my analysis on some properties I am interested in and of course find a realtor and just check out some homes. Now s...
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Hello,
I’m New to BiggerPockets community. I have an interest in getting involved with real estate investing in the near future, specifically rental properties. I was wondering if anybody knows of any good strategies...