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Hello,I am getting closer to pulling the trigger on our first investment home and have roughly narrowed it down to Indianapolis and Birmingham. Obviously very different spots, and buying in both areas is an option dow...
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What is your opinion are these large swaths of boarded up homes we see in the mid west upper rust belt ruining these cities or are they an investors dream opportunity to get into the RE game for ridiculously low price...
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Hi BiggerPockets,I recently bought a home in LA -- it was $600K and I put 3.5% down with an FHA loan.I live here and am breaking even, since I rent out the spare bedrooms to friends of mine.I recently came into some m...
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Anyone have a link to a good independent contractor form that I can have workers - like handymen, painters, framers use?I need some sort of protection as I hire them often daily I have another neighbor who is in Calif...
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Economic Update
(Monday, May 17, 2021)
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention now declares fully vaccinated people in the United States can safely resume outdoor and most indoor activities without a mask. ...
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BP Com,If you're like me - you are fed up with the stigma surrounding hard money. The notion that they have absorbingly high rates and low LTV feel outdated. Are you at 3 and 1? No...but I think the notion that it'll ...
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My gf and I are in the process of moving to Los Angeles and currently own 2 properties in Nashville that cash flow about $500/mo (total after all is said and done). I bought the first one knowing nothing about REI usi...
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Hi Everyone,Could any body please give me some advises for my first investment?My husband and I are renting a studio in San Francisco and would like to invest on rental property. However, we found it is too expensive ...
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My California primary is worth $650-700k and I owe 335k meaning I've got a sizable amount to equity that I want to leverage to buy a 4plex somewhere in the US and start down this path of building up lots of cash flow ...
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Hi, my name is Alain (or just Al) and I'm working on my first real estate investment in the Sierra Nevada. I live in the Sacramento area.Right now my goal is to create a LLC that would take on loan for at least $150K....