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Hi All,This is my first ever post on Bigger Pockets and marks an exciting time for me. I am a commercial real estate analyst living and working in Santa Monica, CA. For about 6 months now I have been absorbing any edu...
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So I'm currently in the process of purchasing my first deal! A fourplex here in San Antonio for $108K (Owner wants of the rental game). My intentions are to perform the Brrr strategy so I will also be borrowing an add...
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The Basics: I've been watching the micro-climate that is San Diego's short-term vacation rental market since I moved there in 2015. I have numerous friends who rent out their primary residence and completely cover the...
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The rental industry remains one of the least disrupted multi-billion $$$ industries in the US... Other than software to make marketing, property management, researching properties, finding owner contact info and accou...
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Maybe it's me but I'm just curious if anyone has noticed that some of the newbies seeking knowledge appear to be less serious than before. When I first started coming here people seemed hungry. They were researched, h...
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Pace Morby's subto mentorship provides the best value around. Pace has taught the community how to subject to, seller finance, wholesale, you name it. I have received immense value from his mentorship and I continue t...
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Hello,I have a contractor that is requesting 50% of what he quoted the job up front. It isn’t a super large sum of money, but I’m curious on what type of things I should do/look for to protect myself. As of now all I ...
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Has anyone ever worked with the hard money lender Xpress Loans 911?
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After my most recent post on Realtor.com projecting Stockton to be the #4 metro market in the nation in 2018, I've received the same question over and over and over again:"But WHY Stockton? What's so great about it? A...
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I read about RAD through BP and I wanted to leave my review of them for other to be better informed before investing with them. Their salesman (Gregg Poirier) was very easy to get in contact when I was considering inv...