Hello REI family, I want to start off by saying thank you for this platform and the great people on here with all the wealth of information. I'm in need of guidance of where to start off at with my own REI marathon. I...
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Hi All,
I am from Toronto and I guess a total newbie. Started to read and listen to BP 4 years ago but now I am back after 3 years MIA. Back to listening to the podcast and re-started on the site and forums.
I was w...
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Hey there BP community, I have been in real estate in one way or another my whole life. I owned a remodeling business for over 10yrs and for the past 10yrs I've been working as an HVAC technician. While still doing so...
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I'm looking into investing in syndication deals and I wanted to see if there are any experienced passive investors on BP that would be willing to chat. PM me if you'd be interested in connecting.
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Hi everyone
My realtor sent me a bank owned property. I did the comp analysis and found that the property was still listed over the comps in the area.
1) Can I negotiate the bank owned properties and what would be a...
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(If you prefer to skip the details, I've underlined the key points below) ... One of our tenants (“Tenant Alpha”) wants to renew his Texas lease for a second year and move his two adult brothers in to replace his (now...
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We want to buy this house as our first with an FHA loan that allows repairs, fix it live in it for two years and sell. What is the best way to asses the ARV quickly? There have already been offers made and our Realt...
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In order to gain some free experience on inspecting/walking through houses my girlfriend and I are beginning to attend open houses. We went to our first one today and the broker began asking us about if we had done...
In terms of the widening gap between US and Canadian house prices since 2006, this seems to be a strange economic phenomenon. It is almost as if the US prices are artificially suppressed as both markets appear to have...
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So I am new to investing, have done a ton of research, reading, listening, studying, etc. over the past 18 months. My wife and I are supposed to close on our first two investment properties in December (Single family ...