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Dear Brandon & Josh, I am happy to tell you that you were wrong! I have been listening to the BP podcast and hanging around here for almost a year now. I was ready...oh so ready but those little words kept scarin...
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Real estate has people from all kinds of professional backgrounds, some of which you'd be shocked. So what did you do before real estate ?
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yep, about a foot of water in my basement apartment in my triplex. Called the flood insurance company, but my deductible is fairly high ($5k) so I'm looking to still do this cleanup on the cheap. Anybody have any good...
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Bigger pockets is great! But, all these podcasts have hidden intentions of selling books!!! They are becoming book sellersThe average guy don’t need to know about syndications, creating corporations, raising million...
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I'm living in MA and I have to go get started with my first eviction process. I have 3 units, and the eviction will be the one that moved in 1.5 months ago. Check bounced... was promised money... none. Voicemails not ...
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I’m changing gears and going to go all in on an STR to start. I eventually want to use the cash flow to buy another STR to then purchase some LTR’s thanks to the recent BP podcast I was inspired to go this route as it...
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I just closed on my first small apartment building (4 units). We have some commercial and international real estate we rent out, so now new to the rental industry - just apartments. Seller had the apartments significa...
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Hi all,
I am a new investor in the Denver metro area and am doing a bit of work for a home that I bought a few months back (demolition of a back area of the house and its subsequent reconstruction). I've found a gene...
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We finally have our STR property set up and rolling, listings cranking on Airbnb and VRBO, and on our way towards getting enough 5 star reviews to kick the machine into high gear. Still have some deferred maintenance...
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I rarely start a thread, but today I had an experience that I just have to share.
A year ago, I thought I'd hit the jackpot. A single mom with two teenagers (15 &16) moved into one of my rentals. She had two ot...