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The past few weeks have left me very pessimistic. I'm feeling that the good times are very likely winding down for finding good deals in Chicago. Seems that lots of properties are overpriced and good deals are wrapped...
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Hi BP Community, I'm in need of some general advice. I'm an out of state investor focused on SFR/long term tenants with a total of 2 properties acquired since 2020. I generally look for properties on the MLS that have...
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I just read a post where someone said you may have to pay SET on income from flips. Is that true?
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David Greene answered a question on the podcast and I want to ask about everyone's personal experience with this. Like many investors now, I have equity in properties with interest rates under 3%. Should I cash out ...
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Hi everyone! I am a realtor, and I want to start lead generating by sending out personal messages on Instagram and Facebook to investors, offering my services for free. I got this idea from Gary Vaynerchuk, and want...
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Perhaps I'm being overly ambitious by taking a leaf out of @Brandon Turner 's book and throwing "The Ultimate Guide" in the title, but my goal is to create a comprehensive point of reference for investors looking to u...
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Flipping my first house and first time dealing with sub-contractors. The electrician that gave the best bid wants 50% up front. I balked at that and he said he can do 25% up front. He said he doesn't want to fund i...
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Hello everyone,Im just starting to get my feet wet in real estate investing so I'm going to go ahead and apologize for all of the dumb questions I'll be asking haha.Now that that's out of the way, my name is Matt. I'v...
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I'm researching a property and am running into two issues. First is an illegal apartment in the basement, but I think that's easy to resolve by removing some of the fixtures and then claiming it's a finished basement...
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Great Saturday everyone!
I have a seller that have small loan took out last year at 6.5% and I'm trying to buy the property "subject to" and remained balance give him in cash. I haven't done this before an...