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Hi, my name's Elijah and I'm a new investor who has yet to do my first deal. I was born and raised in rural Alberta/Saskatchewan, Canada. I've lived in small towns most of life with populations ranging from 10 people-...
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Savvy apartment Real Estate Investors know that the most common benchmark for measuring returns and gauging pricing for commercial real estate is the cap rate. The cap rate is the annual return that investors receive ...
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Hello Connecticut Real Estate Community!
Military family of four moving from Kodiak, AK to Hartford, CT to attend UConn's MBA program in downtown Hartford. We will move sometime between 15JUN2021 and 20AUG2021. We'll...
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Hi Everyone! what are you all up to? living the dream?? 😃 I hope so, if not, I'd love try and help you get there, I myself am in pursuit of that dream! I plan on investing in the Seattle, Washington and surrounding ...
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Hi, I'm just starting out and looking into doing some flips. It's possible that some of the work can be performed by a less skilled contractor, such as the painting and maybe the drywall. I was wondering if I should...
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I am a residential realtor with experience in helping investors purchase residential properties (which is 4 units or less in Pinellas County, FL) but none in commercial. By 2028, the goal is to own apartment buildings...
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So, I was talking with this seller for about a month or so now - and we exchanged texts back and forth with each other negotiating a deal on his property that he just wanted to get rid of. It was a property that he ha...
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So i started my real estate business up about 4 years ago me and my wife and took over are area. Now my family and friends come to me asking questions and starting to try and do exactly what i do. They never had any i...
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Today I submitted a verbal offer on a purchase for land in Hawaii. I contacted the listing agent directly and told him we're not currently working with an agent. I offered that the agent could either represent us as a...
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I'm back on BP after a long break. I have a lot of federal student loans (sigh) that is currently sitting around 200 grand. I do want to invest in real estate but with such debt, I'm unsure if it's smarter to get star...