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Hey BP community,I’m 19 years old and still trying to get my feet wet in the real estate game. With the new wholesale law kicking in my state (Illinois), I’ve decided to take a step back from wholesaling and try to ge...
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Right now I am looking at zip 77026. Is that good one? Anyone with experience in investing in Houston or in that zip specifically? Suggestions where to invest for an out of state investor? Any recommendations for inve...
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I would be very new to this industry and business on real estate investing. I came to the conclusion after watching multiple online tutorials, that I would grab the equity out of my primary residence to purchase a ren...
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I have been seeing a lot of posts where the word principal is mis-spelled as principle. I would normally ignore spelling mistakes but wanted to post this because this is an important word in REI and would affect othe...
Ive made a few flips and currently have 2 properties that I fixed up and am renting out. I manage each myself and things are going really well.
But here in Illinois where the properties are located, the taxes are pre...
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Hey all!So my 2020 goals have been to really take my brokering skills for a thrill ride, and phase out of doing normal consumer deals. "Path of least resistance" has led me to network with 2 dozen folks that have 10-5...
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I am a 17-year-old with real estate ambitions however I think that doing college and real estate could be challenging that I why I am asking for advice. If you have gone through this I would like to ask you a few ques...
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Hi, In a previous post, I mentioned I sent out a lot of letters and I get calls from people who maybe don't seem very motivated. Instead of throwing away those calls, some people suggested making offers over the ph...
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I am busy renting two units at present. One is occupied by an elderly tenant; when we have showings his son takes him out for a while. No problem there, except the son just went on vacation for a week and we had to...
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What does everyone think of these photos? My agent thinks I should hire a professional to take them, but I have always taken my own pictures and never had a problem with a house sale. However she could be right, maybe...