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Hello BP, I’m brand new to the Forum. Would love to actually get some advice from people in the industry. Have enough “employee mentality” family steering me away. I’m 29, 2 years ago, Purchased a 4 family with FHA(34...
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I do FSBO to sell my properties to save listing agent commission. Sometimes there's buyer agent involved. I know lots of times even when buyers have per-approved letters, they don't mean much. So I'm cautious about ge...
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Hi all,I posted something similar in the general financing section but some fellow members suggested I posted in the Canadian section for more specific answers as I am Canadian.I am very new to real estate but am very...
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Hi BP community! Looooooong time lurker finally at the point in life where my wife and I are going to jump into our first deal. I thought this was going to happen 4 years ago but better now than never. Since my last p...
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I keep hearing on the podcast that house flippers always tend to use other lenders, hard money, etc... Even in J Scott's book on Flipping Houses says that they use investors and don't really use their own money.What I...
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Does anyone know if there is a secondary market being started (or in the works) for any of these crowdfunding offerings? A "FOLIOfn" if you will, but for real estate crowdfunding the way Prosper and Lending Club alre...
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I thought this may be an obvious, but interesting and useful topic to start. I have my own scenario that I am curious to see what you all would consider doing should you have found yourself in my shoes.25 years oldLow...
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What is your opinion on providing a list of comps to the appraiser when you meet them at the property? I want to do everything I can to help the appraiser and get a fair valuation,but I also don't want to offend them ...
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I made a quick list of 39 local banks and credit unions.I figured I'd post it here to help anyone who wants to use it as an easy local 'cheat-sheet'. Feel free to share any experience you have had working with these l...
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I am interested in some feedback on different self directed IRA companies. The first one I looked into has a $1000 fee for a one time setup. This may be well worth the money, but I want to make sure I chose a good c...