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Hi BP, This Portland market! Home prices are moving like crazy. Trying to catch a deal before rates hit 7%! My wife and I are searching for our second property in North Portland. Our first was a 203K renovation purch...
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I came across in rent to retirement podcast that there is a 5% downpayment option for investment properties from a credit union. Does anyone know the name of credit union and used it for lending to buy investment prop...
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Hello allI'm doing my research toward my first short term rental. It's going to be an entire house, 3-4 bedrooms. Can someone share his experience with airdna as a tool to analyze a market? How reflective of the real...
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Hi Everyone,Im looking to invest in SFM (less then $125K, 3Beds) in the Birmingham & surrounding areas. In my research so far, Birmingham seems to have potentially good cash flow. However, the area has 2x the na...
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Hi,I want to invest in RE for passive income, and I have $100k to invest in. What would be the best strategy?I found a turnkey duplex for $165k which will give me passives income $600 per month after all expense, but...
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My name is Damien and I’m excited to have recently joined the BiggerPockets Community! I’ve just recently been introduced to real estate investing and Bigger pockets by a fri...
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Hello, I'd like advice from experienced investors on how I should invest $100,000 in San Diego, CA. 1) Should I use it to upgrade my aging, dated, duplex in order to command slightly higher rent? 2) Or should I use ...
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I compiled a bunch of excerpts for my blog, was wondering if there were any reactions
How much does your traditional real estate agent make?
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I have been reluctant to post my story but, what the heck, here it is.The Original adventure:in 2013 I went to a seminar, won't mention who's, this seminar was very informative, when you weren't being sold on somethin...
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... And, has their movers literally pile boxes to eye level over every square inch of the 600sqft unit, save for a 12" path from bedroom to bathroom to kitchen. Fish tanks, boxes of stuff, things they bought and inte...