I just finished looking at a property listed with a realtor. It's a bank owned property. My question is how much would you estimate the repairs to be approximately? Here is the following problems, repairs, or impro...
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I have a person who sometimes work as my handyman for my rental property. He's been and reliable so far. He is now interested in occupying one of my apartments which has become available for rent. He's agreed to per...
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Hello everyone, I am an aspiring real estate investor, looking for an opportunity to learn, grow, and achieve. I want to learn the inner working of Bakersfield real estate flipping and wholesaling. I want to grow a n...
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Hello everyone, Mike and Sarah here!We currently rent in Belleville, NJ, and have an established owner-operated Pet grooming and daycare business, a bit further south in the Union County area. We have been working tog...
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Our original plan was to buy the duplex and house hack with an owner occupied mortgage. However we haven’t been approved for a conventional mortgage. We are self employed real estate investors, with 7 years experience...
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Hey BP family! Question from a newbie here. Recently I purchased my first investment property by way of using a HELOC on my existing home to finance the cost to purchase a second home that I am now living in. I have ...
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Hey BP! I've recently switched jobs which has given my previous IRA account the ability to transfer banks. While researching REI, I've come across the idea of using a self-directed IRA account to invest in real estate...
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In an effort to gain a bit more independence from the large platforms, do any of you build your own direct booking websites? I'm looking at Lodgify right now and I'm wondering if its just paying another platform fee ...
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I use GMail from Google. My experience with it has been mostly good; it gives me a 100% free access to email that stores over 2.5 GB worth of messages (and my storage quota grows every day).
If anyone is interested ...
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I'm looking for any advice and or experiences with Maine State Housing Authority (section 8). I have a 12 unit building in Bridgton Maine and was thinking about opening it up to vouchers. The increase in rental rates ...