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Hi all!
I am relatively new at BP; I am a 19yr old college student from NYC, and I'm really interested in investing in real estate. I am reading a lot about real estate investing and personal finance; books, webinars...
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How do you manage to pay the real estate broker when he finds an off-market deal? Does the 6% rule still apply considering the deal has not been listed?
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I'm really thinking about using my manager as my real estate agent. He has a lot of experience (5+) year managing. Plus he's by far the best manager I've had, I want to reward him with a nice commission.However...He t...
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At what point is there no more benefit to adding additional bedrooms? For example would there be any benefit converting an additional room to an additional bedroom if it already has 4 bedrooms?
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Hey, I stumble on an okay deal on a duplex at a market price in Florida .Then I realize there is another unit that technicly is a Triplex . The reason that it wasn't list as a triplex because it wasn't finish . It...
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The house we are renovating is almost done and wanted to look at making the basement a living space. My contractor and I dug a square hole and it looks like we can dig down and he said I can net 6’ 6” - 6’ 7” net wit...
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I recently began house hacking and have about an acre of yard to play with- right now it is bare and no grass. What would be a good (and not excessively expensive) method to make this presentable for tenants to use an...
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First, I want to say how grateful I am for all the expertise here in this forum! Thank you in advance for any input you can add.
I want to purchase my first ever property, a 4 plex. My initial plan was to first p...
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Investment Info:
Single-family residence fix & flip investment in Yorktown Heights.
Purchase price: $296,000
Cash invested: $23,000
Sale price: $395,000
Successful first flip with profit and ...
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Can anyone point me to a real estate salesman here in Henderson or Las vegas that would be willing to help me locate properties on the lower price scale. I have asked real estate sales people but they don't seem very ...