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I am a new investor in Louisville, KY, just getting started with Direct Mail and was wondering if any of the Louisville BP members can tell me what are the areas most investors avoid. Are there certain zip codes to e...
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If you absolutely had to make a deal in 30 days or less, and you had only $200 and no previous marketing in the area.... how would you do it? Door knocking? Bandit signs? Flyers? All of the above?Direct mail seems t...
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Hello I am new to all of this but would like a lot of help on where to start. I’m looking into starting a coffee shop in downtown Chicago I was wondering if starting under an apartment complex in a commercial area wou...
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Good afternoon!Do you guys have any advice/tips on purchasing a property in a neighborhood where the rent competition is high? Is there a way to offset/stand out from other renters other then fixing up the property ? ...
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Hello BP (new user, first post). I'm curious what the value could be of a 2 cottage property in Virginia Beach. Technically, it's a duplex. The property is a 800sf 2/1 with a 400sf 1/1 over the detached garage all ...
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Hi, I am a new investor in Anne Arundel county Maryland. I am currently working on my first deal , maybe a bad one due to my lack of experience and my eagerness to jump right in. I am looking to network and make partn...
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Hello,I am a new invester, and have had quite the rocky start. We've been housing students in some spare bedrooms for almost 2 years now in our own home, and an opportunity came up to purchase a house 1 house down fr...
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I own 3 condos on the edge of a neighborhood nicknamed "shack town" it consists of hundreds of duplexes. They go for around 20-40k and rent out for about $600-700 per side. Great numbers I know. Just looking for so...
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I have been working with a GC to build a spec home for me and was able to secure a construction loan with my bank. An appraisal was done and title work completed only to find out the house that was suppose to appraise...
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A real estate lawyer asked $600 to setup a LLC and file at the secretary of state not including $137 fee from the state, and then he would help me to get a tax id for my new entity.With a little research online I find...