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Hello,I have been recently introduced to the world of real estate investing and places such as biggerpockets have been extremely informative and inspiring. My goal is to generate another stream of income for retiremen...
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Hey everyone. Looking for some opinions. I have 2 duplexes and a 4 family. Owned them for 7-12 years, all cash flowing really well, and have 3-4x equity in each. I'm trying to decide if I should sell some/all/none. My...
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I am in Southern California and plan to purchase and keep a long term rental property locally even though its cash flow negative and the landlord tenant rights aren't great because I know the area and can do repairs o...
Curious what some of you who have experience would do.
If you had $25,000 cash to invest what would you invest in?
If you had instead $75,000 equity and did a cash out refi what would you invest in?
Which scenario...
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Hey all,Wanted to share my story of my 3rd deal. At the close of the refi it was at 23.5% cash on cash and a 9.4% cap rate in a market where comparable multifam is trading closer to ~5.3%.I'd done two others (maybe fo...
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Hello everyone. My husband and I met in the Coast Guard, married and just had our first baby. We are 25 and 24 yrs old. I used my VA loan to buy a 4 plex in 2020 and still own it today, it cash flows about 2k. My hu...
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Hi everyone, new investor here, with my first property (house hack). I admit I have not studied as much about taxes as I studied other aspects of REI, so I'm trying to learn as much as I can, before tax season. I bou...
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Just got my offer accepted on my first property, a duplex. Huge fixer and will be living in 1 unit and renting out the second.Currently trying to figure out which loan-program I would like to go with and the ARM sound...
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Hello Everyone!I'm a long-time observer and first-time poster. I appreciate all the insight and wisdom everyone has provided, and it was the motivation to push me to buy my first rental.The Property is in Chicago, IL,...
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I am looking for an investment property and the local real estate group that I've networking with often suggest using a Hard money loan. Can someone explain to me how that really works? I've heard that they can be u...