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I just turned 45 in May and finally bought my first rental property this past March 2019. My wife and I started our own vacation rental business . Although this is the slow season in Big Bear Lake Ca, where our STR ...
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If you have little to no experience with rental property (just bought a book on landlording) and had $100,000 to invest only in real estate, where and how would you invest it?
1. buy as big a multi unit complex th...
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I am checking turnkey properties. Seems like all of them are charging above retail prices if you compare them with local comps. This makes the exit strategy difficult for the investor. If you hold the turnkey property...
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Can someone tell me what a normal amount is to pay for Insurance on low end rental properties? I own two rental properties in a 50/50 partnership in Birmingham, AL.
Rental 1: Market Value ~50k. Insurance Payments ar...
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Hey BP - Want some advice/perspective on my situation.
Back in 2022, I had a strong desire to get into REI to diversify my investments and pursue a new side hustle. I envisioned real estate investing as a way to make...
Hello, everyone!
Let me say first how I love , love BiggerPockets!!
Second- I got a situation here: i graduated from UCLA last year (biochem degree) then left to Russia to do some investments there ( got the whole...
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I own several properties and I seem to get daily texts and call from people offering to buy my properties, usually without even specificying the property. Any idea how these people are getting my phone number, who th...
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I saw a listing on the MLS for a property that is accepting all short sale offers. My first question is...can a short sale be wholesaled? If so, do I have to tell the lender or bank that I plan to wholesale the prope...
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I like many others wanted to get the best bang for my buck in my first real estate investments. I decided I could do the work and manage the rental properties myself. I thought to myself, man, I don't want to pay som...
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ifunding seems to be the first crowdfunding portal to have an investment (actually 5 investments) not go according to plan. They have 5 fix and flip deals in Milwaukee with the Orange group that were suppose to yield...