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Hello fellow Houston newbies and semi-newbies!!! I found BP less than a year ago and it has been an absolute godsend and has served as my motivation to jump into real estate investing after being interested for quite...
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Hello BP family! My name is Eric Mass and I'm thankful and blessed to be able to introduce myself and embark on this journey. I am very excited to start my real estate career and I will be asking a million and one que...
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Hi all I’m curious if others have experienced this. I have gotten perhaps 20x more bookings for my STR through VRBO than through AirBnB. I would have expected the opposite through my personal experience as a traveler....
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The Southern California housing market is going crazy right now. Houses are selling for well over asking price. My husband would like to take advantage of this market right now and sell our house and live in an apartm...
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We purchased our home almost three years ago. The house was a fixer upper and listed for sale as having a new roof. A few days ago we notice a small amount of water intruding through the ceiling of our dining room. ...
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Hey all, I'm looking at a duplex and I'm crunching the numbers. They look decent (COC return is lower than I'd like) but would love any feedback.Thanks for taking a look!
Rental income: $1600
Expenses:
Taxes: 319.4...
Hi, All. My husband and I own a townhouse in Glen Burnie MD. We are looking to get into buying and holding investment real estate. We bought the house in 2014 and we are refinancing the mortgage. There is no equity in...
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Hello BP, I have a deal about to go under contract, but hard money lenders will not loan the full amount required for the rehab & flip project.The seller has an outstanding mortgage of $53k. I can borrow that amou...
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Completely new to real estate. Long time pod cast listener (which changed my life) first time posting on the forums today. So earlier this year I purchased my first property in Southern California (where I live). It h...
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Hello BP Community,This is my first post, so be gentle. My question is one of general strategy. Given the following choices which do you think is the smarter option for a 1st time home owner with REI aspirations.Opt...