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I wanted to get people's experience with real estate funds. As a sponsor/syndicator/real estate entrepreneur have you ever thought of creating a fund? If so why and if not why not?Here are the problems I see with ...
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What have you found are the best areas to get buy-and-hold rentals in the Chicago area with good true cash flow?Looking most at price to rent ratios with a combination of good area.Prefer South and West Suburbs. I'm s...
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Hello!I am 23 years old and looking to begin my real estate investing career in the next year. I have been educating myself through reading articles and the BP podcast as well as saving my current income. I also have ...
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I have an issue and I'd love to hear your ideas.
I bought a rental back in June. The home inspector warned that I would probably need a new air conditioner in the next few years, so I planned to start saving all my c...
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So I recently met someone who has a mixed use property with commercial on the bottom and residential on top. He converted the top apartments to four studios about 360sf each and said that an Airbnb management company ...
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Hello everyone, I am new to this site and I am totally green to investing in real-estate. However, this is something I have been wanting to do for about 8 years, and I am finally in the position to do so.Here is my s...
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Hello,
I want to address the following questions to investors who have hired property managers in the past.
1. I have heard that property managers charge fees for handling a property that goes vacant. May I ask as ...
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Hi all...name's Jugo.
I'm just starting out, currently shopping for financing.
My question is to the Vets:
Upon searching for some LOCAL banks in the area, I was befuddled to find that most banks have more than...
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Anyone have experience using a FHA 203k loan in LA before? Would like to know what lender and contractor you used.
Any contractors out there work with a 203k loan before? I'm planning to do a renovation on a 3-4 unit...
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I'm going thru a spreadsheet of all crime from the city of Phoenix, to identify areas I don't want to invest in, and the areas with really high murders etc I'm going to stay out of, are there other criteria I should u...