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When I help new investors with buying their first property I often want to know what is holding them back from pulling the trigger.So I'll ask here. What is holding you back?
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New to investing buy & hold and in the East Texas area. Looking to connect with others about everything I don’t know (which is basically everything).
Anyone in the East Texas area out there?
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Want to get the more experienced folks' opinion on something I'm thinking about....It's easy to increase cashflow with a greater downpayment / less leverage. However, is that really investing or something akin to buyi...
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Hello All! My name is jeremy, and im a relatively new member of this greatly appreciated and informative site. Im thinking that ill be able to get some good advice and/or info on implementing an idea that ive had for ...
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Hi BP folks,
I live in Los Angeles and have been putting offers in for fourplexes but prop 10 has me wondering if I SHOULD by as big as I planned. For those who don’t know, prop 10 would limit landlords ability to ra...
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There are obvious benefits to acquiring properties that have permitted work, but I want to see if anyone can explain why some folks allow unpermitted work. My curiosity includes how timeframes are affected, the listin...
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Flipping my first house and first time dealing with sub-contractors. The electrician that gave the best bid wants 50% up front. I balked at that and he said he can do 25% up front. He said he doesn't want to fund i...
Am a NY licensed contractor who moved out here to LA county barely a year ago.. my CA contractor license is still pending. So in the mean time, I been keeping busy with working on my own properties and a few small lan...
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I've been listening to CNBC this morning and they have been releasing some of the plan to bailout homeowners.
It was just released an hour and half ago so the details are few and far between at this point but here ar...
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Can anyone recommend a good software or a good company they use?Basically I have 3 properties now and expanding out. I'm looking for something that connects with AirBnB, VRBO, Booking, Flip Key as well as my own site....