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Hey everybody! I am brand new to the BiggerPockets forum, and to real estate investing. My wife I are a few weeks away form closing on our first live n' flip. We're buying a foreclosure that needs about 20-30k in repa...
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I was wondering, for newbies and pros alike, what are your thoughts on long-distance investing? Many people see real estate as kind of an anchor and therefore exceptionally difficult to invest at a distance, but if yo...
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So where do you start if you never did real estate before? If this is your first deal and your looking to try to use hard money lending to fund it what are the steps you take to make this a success?
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Umbrella Policy or LLC to protect assets?
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Investment Info:
Single-family residence buy & hold investment in Keller.
Purchase price: $143,000
Cash invested: $2,000
Sale price: $179,000
My first investment I made approximately $50K bet...
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Hello all,I recently purchased a duplex and a sfr and have some remodeling work to do on both of them. I have done work in Fort Worth in the past, but am in the process of working in Dallas. My contractor does not wan...
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Is there? If the loan is say 30% of the value of the property? I intend to live in it. I'm in California.
If you are looking for a quicker answer to your loan request, take the time needed to put together a complete submission to the lender, including all of the information the lender has asked for. Avoid "piece mailing"....
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Great morning and afternoon to some, I was hoping to get some guidance on this situation. I was looking for my first investment property to be a two flat and I was considering to go the FHA route for that. My question...
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I have a property that I acquired via a 7 year interest only balloon payment deal. I believe I can not do a contract for deed because of the way I acquired the property. I have limited equity. I think that I can do a ...