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Hello all, firstly wanted to thank you for this great resource. I have been lurking here for a few years, and there is such a wealth of knowledge on this site! I am renting out a place in Columbus, Ohio. I have re...
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Hello BP!I just joined the site today, and relatively new to RE investing. I am an engineer by profession in my late 40s, and would like to get more involved in RE in the San Diego area. I feel like there is lots of w...
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Hello ladies and gents of bigger pockets.I paid too much for my first house, and now am regretting it. Escrow closed this March, and I'm almost done rehabbing it; my out of pocket expenses (closing costs + rehab + mor...
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Hello, I'm just beginning to learn about real estate investing and am having difficulty deciding on whether to buy my own condo here in Los Angeles as my first property, or to invest in cash flow rentals in Phoenix or...
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I wanted to pick everyone's brain on an issue that I'm having.....I have a tenant that is paying rent, but it is late every month. She pays the late fee, and actually breaks up the rent payment into tw...
Hi, let me re-post my introduction (I first posted this in wrong place, and just found how to shoot Bakersfield RE forum).I moved to Bakersfield in 2014 from Pomona, CA for my job (R&D in a seed company, W-2 emplo...
Hello all,In your experience have you found Zillow or any other site's online estimate of a property to be fairly accurate once you had a formal appraisal completed?If not, how far off was it? I know they can't accoun...
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I still find it Ironic that I have an enormous list of buyers for my wholesale deals, but yet only 10 are actually serious. I would like some feedback on why people "pretend" to be Cash Buying Investors.
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Hi everyone, first time posting! My SO and I are currently living at home (he is in Bergen County N.J., I’m in Fairfield County CT) and saving like crazy in order to buy our first property together. We both have 9-5 j...
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Hey everyone - so I have taken your advice in growing my realtor partner base, but now I want to ask how do I sustain these relationships? What are realtors looking for from me? Because I do not want to scare them off...