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Several times already, my realtor has called the seller or seller's realtor with our offer price instead of submitting an official offer. It seems like that could be good, in that you get an answer without having to d...
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Let's say I cash out refinance a rental property; can I still deduct the full amount of interest expense on the new loan, or just a portion of it if I don't reinvest the money cashed out? Please post your source.
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Hi,
I'm new to real estate investing with a day job in tech (surprise, surprise living in the Bay Area).
I acquired my first and only property in Jan 2017 - triplex in the Mission district in San Francisco, CA and ...
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I live in Northern Virginia. I've been working in the engineering field for many years. Started doing some turnkey investing in March 2015 and am looking to continue to build my SFR portfolio. I'm trying to learn a...
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First time investor here, looking to invest in a multi-family property that I plan to owner occupy.I am currently looking at a triplex listed for $135K. Looking at the county tax assessment, the property was assessed ...
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Hello all, I am currently under contract on a 4bd/2bth property that will become a long-term section 8 rental. However, one of the additional bedrooms has a working bathroom vanity with sink installed; worse yet, it i...
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How do you know who is legit and who isn't?And if it is a scam, what are they gaining? I've probably had at least ten private lending companies reach out to me through LinkedIn and I never know if it's real or not...U...
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My name is Jason Rucker and I am a RE investor from the Portland, OR area. Due to the high price of property in my area, I think I need to look outside of my local area. I am interested in building a buy-and-hold pro...
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I have a contract with a Bank to buy an REO condo in Florida near Boca Raton. It will be a second home, I am paying cash, $100,000. I have bought and sold more than 200 properties in my life, about 60 of those have be...
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Hello all,I've been lurking on Biggerpockets for a few months now and I just want to say thank you to everyone who takes the time to help all of the newbies. Anyway, I'm six months away from the end of my current lea...