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Hello! My name is Sarah and I am a licensed NJ real estate agent who is looking to start my own virtual assistant business specifically to help short term rental hosts. I am currently building out my services that I w...
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How do you short sale a home as a real estate investor?
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very interested in a SS property in Miami.
Called the agent, left voice mail, no reply.
Called his office, his assistant said I have to call or email him. So I emailed him as well.
He is the agen...
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I hear a lot about how it's important to get agents to look for deals for you. Is this all off the MLS? And if so, is it feasible for an agent to get a wholesaler a deal cheap enough to wholesale it? Do they buy it wi...
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My wife and I are starting our new real estate investment business and we found our first potential deal. We want to make an offer directly to the owner and don't know how to approach him. I've listened to Brandon Tur...
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Hey everybody I’m new to real estate and I’m interested in becoming an investor. Im a big fan of BiggerPockets and I’m enjoying the value that this platform provides. I’m currently at the early stages where this is al...
I've identified an area where I'm interested in investing and it would be ideal if I could work with a realtor that would be willing to help me find properties where I could reasonably make low offers (perhaps because...
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Hello everyone, My name is Adriana, and I am a new member to Bigger Pockets. I joined bigger pockets because I am trying to make a career switch from my current job as a management consultant to becoming a licensed re...
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Hey curious to get seller/buyer agent or lender thoughts here:
In the RE/lender world, is client “gifting”, a common practice with agents, clients, lenders, or general contractors?
A few scenarios come to my mind:...
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Hello everyone. I've got an interesting situation.I'm looking to potentially buy a large property with a residence and owner ran business on it. The sellers have changed listing brokers since I originally responded to...