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I've been a teacher (5th grade and 7th S.S.) for 22 years and can retire with full pension in 3 years. I'm a licensed builder and have done just about everything imaginable in the construction trades. New builds-br...
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My tenant in Jersey City NJ is looking to break lease early. He states his reason as pending layoff - of which he is not sure but says it is inevitable in 2-3 months. I try to be understanding and accommodate my tena...
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Hi Everyone about to start my investing journey and here's where I stand: Bought a single family home for 189000 in 2016. (179500 @ 3.75%) - Worst house in a great Raleigh neighborhood. Currently appraised at 325 to 3...
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Hello everyone ! I was just going through an article which showed data of how quickly the trends have been changing lately . Massive growth in the e-commerce sector . Decrease in offline sales and with less number of ...
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Forming partnership of 7-10 people...(closer to 6-7)So a few colleagues of mine are interested in pooling money every month to form a buy-&-hold rental company that would buy rental properties every few months. Th...
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Hi BP members,I am currently saving some capital to finance my downpayment and closing cost on my first property. I'm planning to purchase a single-family house or small multifamily then househack it. My question is: ...
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Hello, I'm new to the community. I've been reading other posts and the community is so helpful, I thought I would post my scenario and see if others had any perspective or advice to offer.I bought my first home in Mis...
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Rates are still historically low at 5%, but affordability/price to income ratio is at all time low also, same level as 08 according to FERD website.The same rental I bought last year at 3.5% in College Park, MD would ...
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So, the inevitable is coming true in small town America and houses are staying on MLS for less days before going to retail buyers...and the deals on MLS are generally few and far between. I just implemented my direct ...
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We have a local non-profit coffee shop here in Brewerytown that employs mostly aged out foster youth. It's a block from my house and my partners and I meet there nearly weekly, we meet other investors/bankers/realtors...