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I have owned and operated properties since 2007, and have always had a NO smoking and NO pets policy. As of late, I am getting a lot of requests for needing a "service animal" or "therapy animal". I don't know if this...
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We are trying to find the way to reduce our family expenses and start saving for real estate investing. The biggest expense for us is insurance. What do you think, would it be smart to stop spending about $300 per mon...
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Interested in learning from the Bigger Pockets community if people are doing a lot of syndicated deals? If so, what asset classes are you investing in? Are you seeing good returns through syndications?
Any common p...
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Most real investors should not buy from realtors unless the realtor is an investor themselves and understand the business. Unfortunately, most seasoned realtors don’t even know how to calculate a cap rate. Even less a...
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OK, here is the situation I'd like some creative financing / deal structure ideas please.I have a deal/property & I approached a private investor friend with:I originally structured the deal to him as a 'debt' onl...
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I got a letter from Wisconsin Department of Professional Services Division of Legal Services & Compliance. They received a complaint from someone on my direct mail list of probate properties. My marketing lett...
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I'm encountering a situation right now, which I will attempt to generalize in this post. Looking to discuss the pros and cons, to ensure I am not overlooking anything on the financing side and understand the risks/be...
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Peter Harris, for those that don't know, is the co-author of Commercial Real estate for Dummies book. I have read it multiple times and I even watched all his videos on YouTube. One day I finally went to his websit...