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The purpose of this post is not to ask a specific question or write about a specific situation/event, but rather to start a general discussion around the three alternative investments named above.Commerical MF: Divers...
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I'm super excited to post another success story. When I first got on BP I listened to podcast 28 with Dave Van Horn and a whole new world opened up to me. I had never heard of note investing and as someone who doesn't...
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I'm an out of state investor and I purchased a duplex in May (Fayetteville Arkansas next to the college). I hired a PM to help find the tenants and do showings. We were not getting a ton of leads and I quickly realize...
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We bought our first rental property, a duplex in Portsmouth, VA, in what we assessed was a C neighborhood in March 2023. It is also a long distance rental property. There currently appears to be a flow of investors st...
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Hi BP,I think I heard this on a podcast a while ago or something- But is it true that at foreclosures/ and or auctions people that will be living in the home have first dibs on the property? If I am somewhere in the b...
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This is my first post after signing up about a year ago. Peter from San Antonio. I work on the border in Del Rio, so I split my time between cities. Wife and I are getting ready to make first major purchase and I want...
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Bad luck comes in threes ( and fours sometimes) A little over a month ago I picked up a nice little 2/1 to rehab and rent out . I figured on about 20 to 25 days start to finish . But No , other things have to go wr...
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BP Investors,Being in the military comes with a move every 2-3 years, oftentimes across one or many states. My wife and I are moving from CA to Virginia Beach in June and plan to start flipping houses. There have been...
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Just completed my first flip, and it sold in 2 days! My uncle was the finance guy putting up the 20% down, covering the rehab costs and holding. I did 100% of the work myself took about 12 weeks to rehab. The drawback...
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:cry: I live in New York City and want to invest in residential real estate, buy/fix/sale. I tried being a bird dog. But this is the a very large city. I've always been beat out by more experienced aggressive large i...