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So i am in the process of buying my first investment property and was quite shocked at how high the closing costs are when i got the official numbers. is there any negotiating with the lenders on any aspects of the cl...
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Hey there,Currently, as I make my goals and work towards completing my actionable steps, I am trying to find the best strategy for me to complete in order to start purchasing buy and hold properties. Like many others...
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So I'm talking to my girlfriend, who lives in Los Angeles. She currently lives at her parents house and her dad is a very avid gardener. In their back yard they have a couple banana trees he planted.
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📌6 Incredible Benefits of Passively Investing in a Real Estate Syndication (group investment). 👇
1️⃣ Cash Flow - Real estate syndications typically provide monthly or quarterly distributions which you will receive di...
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This article came out today:http://www.businessinsider.com/housing-bubble-2-ha...I have some thoughts about it but wanted to see what you guys think first. So what do you think?
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Hello All My Bigger Pockets Agents,I am a newly licensed agent in Los Angeles and I am looking for a bit of advice regarding my idea for direct mail. The book I am reading says I need 2500 people in my "haven't met" l...
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My name is Sean and I've been interested in real estate investment for a few years now. I am just over a year out of college and began researching real estate and how the investment process works a couple of weeks ago...
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As a beginner, I’m looking at my first deal and not sure if it’s going to profit the way my wife and I are hoping. Our biggest question is how to set the monthly rent price?The cost of purchase is around 120k and the ...
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Hello All!
I read an article by Dave Van Horn about a second position foreclosure:
http://www.pprnoteco.com/ezine-116-4-26-14/
In there he says that it may make sense to do so but does not elabora...
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Quick question BP'ers,
I'm spending lots of time analyzing properties these days, but I'm wondering where do I go to get the cap rate and vacancy rate on any given area? It isn't always given in a listing, along with...