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So, I finally closed on my first property end of Oct, 2014. Sarasota, FLSFH 1500-1600sf living area plus oversized 1 car garage attached. $146k, 20%down. At closing I think the total we were out of pocket was like $35...
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Hello everyone-I've been eating up the podcasts and blog posts regularly for the last 3 months, learning a ton, but now finally jumping into participating in the community. What a cool resource this is – thanks to an...
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Hey, all! So I went to a social/networking event for real estate recently. I'm very new to this, so I was there looking for information about starting, and to see who the players in the game were at my local level. M...
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Looking for opinions on how to proceed, the property is in Pinellas County, Clearwater to be exact. I purchased a property a few weeks ago to rehab and have had nothing but problems with the next door neighbor. Before...
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I'm a good ole Boston Yankee living in southeast Texas (where it doesn't snow) with previous experience in real estate marketing looking to learn and grow into buy and hold investing.
Firstly, let me start this story with a brief background. I have been in real estate for 15 months now, and I love it. I actually decided to get into real estate because of the experience I had with an agent. They wer...
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Of all my acquaintances most of people are looking into buying a rental property.
These are same people that were laughing from the idea of owning investment real estate. 30 (+/-5) years old group with stable income. ...
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Hello BP community,Some of you may read this subject and scoff at my post. However, I feel that this issue warrants consideration and would be especially useful to myself and other new investors.As of late, many econo...
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Hi everyone thank you for taking the time to help me. Here’s my situation.. I live in California and purchased my first property on a 4 bedroom house brand new home build, we are the first tenants. -Purchase price- 41...
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Okay. I got a call from my property management company the Monday of the week of Thanksgiving. Oven Door window cracked. Tenant needs it fixed ASAP so they can have Thanksgiving. PM sent guy to look at. They couldn't ...