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Greetings AllI’m ready to start my portfolio with rental properties. I currently reside in California, so I’m I interested in oos investing. I’ve been looking in Austin TX, Cleveland OH and Detroit MI. What other citi...
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I contacted one of those WE BUY HOUSES companies one day. I asked if they buy properties from investors who have properties under contract. They said no. They only buy directly from the private sellers. I was thinking...
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I'm a new real estate investor in Miami Beach trying to buy my first property, preferably locally*. I could spend at least $500,000 in cash on a property myself, $1-20 million if I go into it with a family...
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Im very sick of wholesalers in south florida. It seems like some guru comes to town every few months with some ridiculous course about how to make money in real estate with no money down and then all of a sudden a th...
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I know many on BP concentrate much of their wealth in real estate because it is what they know well. I was wondering what everyone's thoughts are on the diversification versus concentration decision. Are you an advo...
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To clarify - GSA is the General Services Administration, a branch of the gov't that buys property (residential property) for gov't use and then will sell it later at auction to recoup their expense (is this accurate? ...
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Hello everybody! First of all I hope everyone is doing great. My name is Terry and I am currently a freelance app and web developer looking to get into real estate. I have the drive, yet the overconsumption of real es...
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My wife and I are finally looking at and making offers on properties after months of learning, hustling for extra money, and working on credit scores. We're looking at small MFs (mostly duplexes) in Austin, Texas to o...
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Hey everybody,Had a quick question to gauge the opinions of BP. NO holds barred, let me know what you think.There are a large number of $12-15k properties in my area that need $10k worth of work on average. ARVs in t...
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I find that it is only helpful if I post things that people can learn from, so here is how my first deal went down. (For the newbies that need inspiration)
Over the past few weeks since I started getting into investi...