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Hey guys,So my study shows that the South and midwest are the best places to invest in.1. How do you determine what state is the most promising?2. How do you select a city and submarket within the state to invest in?3...
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Alrighty my fellow BiggerPocketians, here are the crazy pictures of my first prospect. But before we begin, you may have noticed I uploaded a picture of my actual self... So yeah... that's me, nice to meet you all hah...
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I'm cancelling my property management contract with my PM. I'm an out of state investor from NY and my duplex is in ohio. My downstairs tenant has mentioned in the past when trying to reach out for some assistance it ...
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I am new to rehabbing and haven't done any yet, but before I do my first single family home I would like to understand licenses and insurance better. Assume I want to rely on the hired help to manage as much of the...
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We're kicking off a new project in the next week or so and it's been pretty crazy just getting to this point. The house is a 3-story, 1550 sq ft row and it's currently 3br and 1 bath. We've owned it for almost 2 month...
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The really invaluable part of this experience has been education. I and my wife who was a designer of the project have learned a lot. We certainly made mistakes along the way, however understanding what went wrong pro...
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I’m curious to hear what everyone is doing to navigate this market with high interest ratesInvestors, agents, buyers/sellers and lenders what are you doing to close deals? Are you having to get creative? The Fed is pl...
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Hello everyone! I would like some opinions or advice. Here is me and my wife's situation We bought our townhouse for a little over 60k and closed in September of 2016 (and this is our residence) our HOA is $125 a mont...
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complete newbie here but, I'm reading "the ultimate begginers guide to real estate investing" (the free book you get when joining bigger pockets) and I stumbled across the 2% rule which states your monthly rent should...
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What do you all think the definition of a contingency fund is? I am the money partner on a major rehab project - my first. My business partner is an architect and is fairly knowledgeable about the market, which is...