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Hello BP Nation,I’m looking at purchasing my first RE investment property in the west suburbs of Chicago within the next 90 days. In an effort to mitigate the amount of catastrophic mistakes that I’ll make as a newbie...
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Like many investors, I struggled with the dilemma of active versus passive investing the first few years of my investing career.
I’ll admit that the thrill of “taking down” a deal, the excitement of getting your h...
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Hello BP!I own an LLC with a business partner doing residential filps. We are looking into opening up a real estate investment fund to raise private capital. We figured we could save money by opening up investment fun...
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Since posting my STR for sale on a STR Facebook page, I have been bombarded with requests for financials. The financials are not bad: Asking price is $485K. The property produced $48K gross over the past year. I inc...
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Hello, I was wondering if anyone would be able to provide me with some insights and experiences they have had with delta build services for building new homes in Cape Coral. I was referred to them from a turnkey compa...
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Alright, so this is my situation:
I have a team of contractors that are ready to roll as soon as possible. I've got a project manager in place (because I can only dedicate part time hours to the actual rehabbing p...
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Hello to all. I am new to RE and am interested in wholesaling to begin with. I have been reading Than Merrill's new book "The wholesaling bible". In the book he stresses the need to learn to evaluate properties qui...
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I'd love to hear from those who are on the cusp of leaving their 9-5's, their cubicles, their corporate golden handcuffs, for a new life as a passive or not so passive real estate investor.Will it be this year? Are yo...
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I'm a relatively new landlord and am nearing the end of my first 12-month lease with my current tenants. The property is a 2/1 with me occupying a 300sqft ADU on the same lot. Recently we had some major water damage d...
I've talked to tons of realtors, hard money lenders... everyone says how hard it is to find deals, yadda yadda yadda. They make it sound like flipping is dead and no way for a newbie to find a property to flip. This...