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HEY EVERYONE!I'm out of Frisco, TX and I'm new to real estate investing for myself (i'll explain below). My goal is to become FREE OF THE RATE RACE by becoming financially independent through buy-and-hold investments ...
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Hi, I got a lead on a property today for a vacant home. The homeowner died and the children (older adults) have ownership but haven't done anything with it. What would you suggest is the best way to approach or "soli...
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Greetings all. I'm new to BP and new to doing REI the RIGHT way. I bought my first duplex circa 2008 and lost my butt overnight. I had high interest, low rents, and a poor housing market to resell. Too stubborn to giv...
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Hi BP Community, I am a new to the Newberry/Gainesville area. Recently moved from Tallahassee, and Jacksonville shortly before that. My family has been in the rental business in a small scale for as long as I can reme...
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Good afternoon,I am sitting here, browsing the internet for current 2015 on the max DTI on an FHA load, while at the same time deciding if getting an unsecured loan will halt my plans on purchasing my first propertyHe...
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After a long search, several strategy changes, and a lot of work, we found 3 units that we closed on the end of last week. It is a 2/1 SFR and a duplex on separate, adjacent parcels. 2 units are already occupied, wi...
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I have one of my homes listed throught postlets and today i discovered that on trulia my house was listed for sale by some agent. The agents name is mr michael. He has 7 propertys listed and there all 3/2 homes and he...
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I'm new to real estate investing and I have a 7,000 sq ft lot that a motivated seller wants to sell. However, I'm not sure how to go about figuring out what to offer him for the lot. I have looked on Zillow but I'm no...
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I am very new to all of this, so, I am learning a lot every day, Just need someone to clear this up for me. I am now learning that even though I may not have a lot of money saved up, I can use someone else's money (pr...
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Hello BP!
Question for all you mortgage smarties. I just came across a 4 home bundle. The numbers make sense and I'd use a hard money loan to get into the property.
I'm wondering what it would look like to ref...