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Hi All!!I'm a MEP design engineer looking to expand my investment portfolio and I'm just getting started and trying to learn all that I can. My goal is to get into investing where I can grow my portfolio just outside ...
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Any experience with using 1031 exchange? What are some of the downsides??
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Hello BP,Do any of you have experience with owning Chalets as STR in comparison to Cabins? I hear in general the suggestion is to buy a cabin because that's "what people go there for", is there a significant challenge...
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Hi BP,There is a small three tenant retail building in an A location that I've known for a while and noticed the tenants suddenly up and moved out. Not that they went out of business, but pretty much just moved to loc...
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Gateway cities like San Francisco and New York have long been favored by real estate investors, because they are fairly recession proof and tend to be insulated from job loss and declining property value during econom...
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I have done single family rentals in the Midwest and enjoyed it. Prior to moving to NC for work, Gatlinburg and the surrounding areas are my most frequented vacation destination.
Some background information...
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I have been with both a small boutique brokerage which had unbelievable commission splits, and with large brand name ones with bad commission splits. Which do you prefer?I actually prefer the large brand name even th...
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Hello fellow investors, I am currently using Farmers and Foremost Insurance. However I ran a few quotes on Obie Insurance (geared specifically towards landlords) and for only the 4 houses I checked, I am saving 1,5k a...
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Many of us choose a market and focus on a relatively small area like a laser. What are the significant attributes that you have considered which makes your market a winner going forward.
How do these attributes play...
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In the range of your market rent, where do you like to fall? In my experience in real estate, I enjoy falling anywhere from the middle to even the low end of what our market/area will allow. I prefer picking from many...