Hi Everyone,So we recently rented out one of our rentals and the tenant moved in on 8/1. Before they moved in they handed the August rent and non refundable pet deposit to the management company on 7/31. When I went t...
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A friend recently asked me to compare two Houston zip codes, 77008 and 77063, from an investment perspective.
Now, I'm a big fan of Texas, but the first thing I said to him was that the weather is HORRENDOUS. Anythin...
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Hello, I am new to this community and to real estate investing. Currently, I live in New York, but I am interested in exploring opportunities in Columbus, Ohio. This will be my first home purchase, and I am aiming to ...
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I've been looking into ways of getting into real estate by doing short sales with banks as my first avenue to get started. I guess I would be considered a "bird dog." This would be to get me started. The whole fore...
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Hi everyone!After a lot of learning & reading I've made my first offer on a 4 family building in Brooklyn, here are the numbers:Price: 1.28M (FHA 3.5% downpayment = 44.8k, closing costs = 32k -> total money dow...
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Hello all,I have been searching for a good market to start my investing journey and Kansas City is definitely one of the top cities that I've looked at. I want to know how the market is for buy and hold and will be an...
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We have had a fully booked month in March and April until airbnb emailed our guests to let them know they could disregard our refund policy and cancel without penalty. Some of our guests would have rescheduled and we ...
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I can't believe all these interesting things that seem to be coming up....
But this is the biggest of all...
So let me know what you're thoughts are on this...
Something major has come up. I have a deal looming on ...
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just wanted to share what I experienced. As other posters had said, I could see that it was probably the bank bidding up against me. By waiting till the last minute, literally, to make my next bid, they dropped the bi...
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Hi, I am new to the world of real estate investing. I have been involved in some smaller deals over the last few years as a side investor, but now I am looking to take this full on and really get into the world of r...