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Hey all,
I've been lurking this site for a few months now. My family and I have been in real estate for a long time. My parents were involved in buying and renting 2 family homes here in NY. I tried my hand at it but...
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Hey everyone,
My name is Sean, I'm 24 years old, and live in the greater Seattle area. I'm a recent college grad as of just about 2 years ago, and currently working in sales for a local software company.
Real esta...
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I'm still searching for my first deal, being picky in the process. I'm ideally looking for a somewhat dumpy multi-family home that can be fixed up and rented. Most of these homes are in somewhat questionable neighbo...
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Hello BP fam, name's Ty. First post.Here to seek the collective wisdom of BP to help shorten my learning curve and minimize painful mistakes. Here goes (thanks to Chris Mason btw for this template):Short Term Goal: To...
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Hi,Looking to see if anyone has had experience with this.I recently purchased a 2 family home back in Sept in Long Island NY. Now that the cold weather has hit I've come to find out the heating system was done as a h...
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My name is Eric Duran, I am from Illinois and i currently work at tire factory, which I really love. I am a newbie to investing real estate, and came across BP doing a web search. I am trying to learn everything I can...
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Hello,I've a deal that came across my table for which the expenses are 80% of the annual rent. What is the recommendation as per the 50% rule ? Should I avoid deals that have too high ratio of expenses and rent ?Pleas...
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I am an investor and licensed Virginia Realtor living in Northern Virginia who enjoys transforming and improving communities by rehabbing run down and abandoned properties and making them available to families who wou...
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I am on the fence as to whether I should get my real estate license as a newbie REI and I've read several pros and cons about getting the license but some of the information I read is implied or not clear. I have atte...
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Hey everyone! I'm stoked I found this resource, this site is gold. In short, I was born and raised in California and joined the military in the year 2012 after 2 years of college. I am currently stationed in AK and wi...