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Good morning BP! So I just closed on my first house! I have started fixing up minor things and painting interior to make everything look more modern. This is a 5 bed 3 bath ranch with finished basement. I have the mas...
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Hey guys,
I’m totally new in the world of real estate investing and have some extra cash in hand that I’d like to invest. However, I live in the Bay Area and the real estate market is just incredibly expensive here. ...
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Good morning,We are a smaller (looking to scale) PMC in Central Florida. We are getting our PMS hooked up with all of the different booking channels when we arrived upon Red Awning. They talk a good game, and I'm look...
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I am a teacher so I'm off work for the summer, and I'm focusing 100 percent on growing our REI business.I got two off-market houses under contract last week -- a fix and hold, and a potentially lucrative flip. Great n...
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I'll try to get to the point.I use to work for an investor when I was younger. Ever since then I've wanted to get into real estate. I never acted because I also wanted to become a police officer. I focused most of my ...
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One of the most common questions newbie real estate investors ask is:"I am a newbie and I want to raise private money to buy deals. How can I do it?"I will answer it using my personal experience. I started investing i...
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Although I started in real estate some 20 years ago, I have been watching a wide variety of webinars recently, seeing if there are truly useful ideas out there
So far, these are some thoughts I have:
- Value - many ...
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Hi all, New to BP community and have noticed not many posts mention architects (say in contrast to CPA, legal, contractors, lenders, etc). I am a licensed architect and an aspiring investor (Chicago) and am using my b...
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I've read a lot about the asset protection plan of buying a property in your personal name with conventional financing, then quit claim the property into their LLC. My property manager told me he's seen people do thi...