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Legendary real estate investor Sam Zell believes (or at least purports to believe) that homeownership will fall to 55%, well below the 64% it is at now and far from the ~69% we saw prior to the crash. Here is the ...
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I'm 35 I have a good job and great credit however I'm not generating wealth for my family and I've realized that real estate is a vehicle that can get me there. I'm steeped in reading real estate books and listening t...
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Hi BP community,
Long term lurker and newbie here. After a couple years of analysis paralysis, I have finally decided to take the plunge and invest in at least 1 property before the end of 2020.
I found bigger po...
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For the last few years, I have been maxing out both my wife's and my annual roth IRA contributions with savings from work. I am in my late twenties and think of our IRA as more of a bonus later in life then what I am ...
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Hey BP,Can you guys help me understand the true value of buying over renting a primary residence? I hear so many different opinions on the positives of purchasing a home to live in. All my life I've heard "don't thro...
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As far as I have read this is a state-by-state law so I am ONLY talking about California here. On line D of chapter 49.2 it states that, “Nothing in this Chapter shall preclude a landlord from exercising his or her di...
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Introduction DraftTCI is a Real Estate Investment Group that began 2020 with the explosion of the housing market in Columbus, OH. As a Field Representative conducting Home Inspections for Insurance Companies, I exper...
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We've long wondered how to compare returns of the stock market against single family buy and hold real estate. We now have an answer.
Based on the performance of properties in our investment group's portfolio, we've ...
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Hello BP family, I'll be quick, just checking to see if this loan is decent or not...Property type - InvestmentAmount - $165KDown Payment - 20%Credit - 760 and aboveRate - 5.375% (30 yr fixed)Origination Charges - $22...
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I'm facing a bit of a dilemma and could use some advice from this knowledgeable community. I'm considering two investment options and am torn between them:
Building an ADU in Berkeley: I have the opportunity to build...