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Hey there ~ I'm in the SoCal area (Riverside, San Diego, Orange and LA Counties) and I'm looking for local REIAs to Join. I searched the Real Estate and Meet-up Forum and found a couple of meet-ups in these areas, but...
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Hi, I am looking to purchase my first investment property. Currently live in California and own a home. I am interested to purchase multiplexes. Are there any areas in US that have positive cash flow? I have savings o...
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I'm new to RE investing and have been considering Orlando, FL as a place to get started. Any insights on this market would be really appreciated.
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How do I go about finding the rate of rental demand in a certain town or county? I'll look at some areas and I won't see many houses for rent, while in others I see many. How do I know if those areas with few rentals ...
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My understanding on this is that if you build it unpermitted, the benefit at that time is that your property value likely won't increase because the square footage is not assessed to increase the value of your home an...
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Hi - I was hoping to heed some advice from some of the amazing folks here.I am in the process of buying my 2nd property in Birmingham (Center Point). The listing says "Turn Key" and was Posted for $119K. I offered $10...
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Hello BP community,My wife and I began REI this year obtaining a 2BR 1B house (w/ detached garage and full basement) in the Oshkosh, WI area in February uncertain of what we were getting into. The questions in our min...
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Hey BP community,I have a family member who is wanting to sell me his portfolio of 14 SFH's, all in the West Akron area. Using Trulia, it looks like the crime rate is high and the schools are rated very low. But can a...
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I recently sold my house in Toronto where real estate values are outrageous. After doing the math, I figured out that I would get a better return on my money by renting here and investing in a market that offered more...
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Hello all. Excellent forums here - please help a (potential newbie) a bit.
Background: I'm a software developer who sold his company a while back. I'm doing some smaller software projects now, but sometimes think I'd...