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Hi BP Community!My spouse and I are moving to LA in 5 months and need the wisdom of BP'ers on our housing decision. We are coming from NYC and trying to determine whether to rent a condo/house or house-hack by buying ...
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Hi everyone,I'm in discussions with a landlord in Durham for an off market sale. The property is a multi-family of approximately 17 units. I'm wondering what the general range is for properties in western Durham. The ...
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Hi everyone, Hope all is well! This is my first post on this forum, but this definitely seems like the place to find the advice I'm after. I'm almost 25 years old, married with two kids, and over the last year or two ...
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So here's something crazy. I'm homeless. I relocated from FL back to my lovely homeland of Chicago, thought I had a place through Facebook Marketplace, & got ghosted as I drove here. My credit is 695 with 100% on ...
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Hi there, Is it better to buy an investment property in better area & pay 10% -15% more for a better property/tenant? I'm struggling with this. If the numbers don't calculate as well, but I feel I have greater pe...
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I have a possible opportunity for my first flip/rental, and man it’s been a long time coming, but it’s out of state. It’s where I grew up in Illinois and is next door to my sisters home. It’s been vacant, but not for ...
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Hello everyone,I’ve been trying to search for this answer but I haven’t been able to find one, so hopefully what I’m thinking makes sense. For simplicity sake, I’ll use easy numbers. Let’s say someone makes 100k and g...
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Hey! So I’m a week away from the money involved in a cash out refi hitting my account. I’ll have around 46,000 ready to go and I’m ready to take the leap.I live in Tacoma, WA and the markets up here are not going to w...
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Hello,I am interested in acquiring a property in Calgary as a rental. I understand the market over there has taken a hit with migration and wages due to the oil crisis and that it seems like the crowd trends towards h...
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Hi All,Newbie here, so apologize if this question has already been asked and answered a million times (and in which case you can just point me to the discussion thread). My question is… I understand the concept of mak...