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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...
Dear Noah,I had a quick question regarding the current housing market. I would like to set myself up to start investing in real estate, but currently I don’t even own a primary. I have a downpayment saved up, and I’m ...
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I'm curious to hear other people's experience getting utilities activated for inspections or appraisals on HUD homes while under contract. Any tips or tricks? Your experiences?
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please tell me your experience on buying from auction.com.
i understand there's a starting price, then a reserve price,
which makes no sence-why not start the price at the reserve?
has anyone prof...
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Hi I'm a total newbie. All I know right now is that I want to build passive income through rental properties.
So, I'm just going to throw this out there as a starting point to help me set some expectations....
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Hello fellow investors Question: in your opinion would you rather have hardwood floors or Carpet for your investment property and which one do you think is more cost effective Because I’m leaning toward carpet lol