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We've closed on our 203k multi-family house hack on Chicago's north side and are going through the motions of construction now. I have 6 units total and I want to get to 15 by the end of 2017... so 9 more. Big questio...
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Hello! I joined the bp community well over a year ago but have only been reading the message boards and blog. I realized I have yet to introduce my self!My name is Samantha! My husband Marco and I are from Tacoma, WA....
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Hey All!I'm excited to get into rental properties but not sure where to start. I'm currently reading a book by Brandon Turner (and browsing Bigger Pockets). For the markets that I'm interested I live nowhere near any ...
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I use the Grant Cardone 10X Planner daily but wanted to understand what everyone else uses.
I schedule my next day at the end of each day. It doubles as a journal for me and makes me feel like I have structure and c...
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I closed on a 3/2 1039 square foot SFR this week .... I'll get a tenant via lease/option. It has its original 1957 electrical panel which is functional minus the following according to inspector:
• A breaker is se...
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I’m finally almost done with the updates that I wanted to do on the duplex I bought last fall, which means that it’s about time for me to start shopping for new deals. I’d prefer not to move and take another FHA loan...
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Hi all! Lately I've been contemplating this question and finally figured I should toss it out to the BP community. I'm curious how everyone decides how much of their money allocated for "investing" is put toward real ...
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Hi there! I'm still in the "information gathering" phase of the deal, but I've spent the last few days educating myself on hard money loans, the costs associated with them, and the problems that people experience in g...
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Opinion on re-finance terms:
Im currently at 3.625% with about 26 years left on a 30 year fixed.
I was offered 2.8% 30 year fixed on a VA IRRRL refinance. Loan would
re-set to 30 years, but principle and intere...
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This is something I've been thinking about quite a lot now that we're in a high(er) interest rate environment, and I'm interested in hearing from the BP community on what they think. Disclosure: Not a mortgage broker...