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Hi all! I am new to the real estate investment game and am trying to find a way to house hack to start bringing in real estate cash flow. I live with my partner in a very small single family house in Portland, OR (2 b...
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I'm just curious what others do to track their rental / business expenses, like their SOP. I'm tying to develop a best practice.
For instance, this is what I do:
1. Create a google business email / drive and create ...
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Hi BP,
I've been interested in Cleveland as a city for investment. Has anyone here in BP had experience?
I know this may have been asked before.
Are there any reasons or drivers that are helping the city become su...
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I mailed out about 300 yellow letters last week to out of state absentee owners.
My response rate has been between 1-3%. I think this is pretty low for the yellow letter.
Any ideas on how i can increase the response...
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I'm not even going to spend any time on what bandit signs are, and how they're used. If you know anything about real estate, then you know what they are and the overall purpose is to gain leads.Let me introduce to you...
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Anyone have a referral for good Skip Trace companies?
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Hello, my name is Josh and I’m a newbie trying to get into real estate. I live in Gainesville, VA, but am looking to invest in multifamily homes and rent them out in the Midwest, Pittsburgh, PA, and upstate NY becaus...
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Hey everyone I'm a big fan of the forums and podcast and this question may be a little out of the ordinary but here it is.
I live in the SF Bay Area and have some very loud, dirty and overall disrespectful neighbors ...
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Curious to hear folks' thoughts on the recommended approaches for markets where home values are on the higher end. Trying to get started in the real estate investing space, and I live in Seattle where home prices are ...
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I need some encouragement. After taking in many the forum posts, blogs, articles, advice, podcasts that this site has to offer in the last couple of weeks, I must say I am a bit intimidated by whether or not I’ll be s...