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Hi BP community,Long story short, I have had the vision in my mind for a long time that I would get into real estate and that has grown to be a fairly lofty goal with how big it has gotten. It took getting laid off fr...
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At the beginning of this year, I only had $1,000 to my name and wasn't sure what to do with my life. My dad bought me "The House Hacking Strategy" by Craig Curelop, and after reading it, I picked up a second and a thi...
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I'm in the middle of a 1031 exchange with three multi-family properties identified and at the end of my 45 day window. I originally had two student housing projects in escrow and on day 43 of 45, the lenders backed ou...
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Does anyone have any good scripts they would like to share for cold calling sellers?
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How beneficial is it to get your real estate license before becoming a investor? Would you recommend it?
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I've been looking at properties on the mls that have long dom, need work, etc.
I'm putting in pretty low offers and my realtor wants to give verbal offers to the listing agents to see if they're even interested, inst...
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I'm trying to do some renovations on a property to get it ready for an STR. I'd rather not spend the $$ for the granite or quartz kitchen countertops. Is there an lower cost alternative to granite / quartz kitchen ...
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Hello investors?Has anyone ever heard of a skiptrace service called TLO. I was referred by a colleague of mine and I wanted some more insight on the program before I decided to hop in it. I will be using the service f...
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To introduce myself, I've been on this educational journey for about 2 months now, from first reading of Rich Dad Poor Dad in October to joining BP last week. I feel like I'm trying to do it all at once: learning, pra...
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Have any landlords out there successfully executed any strategies for removing non-paying tenants aside from eviction?We just tried offering cash for keys for the first time and that worked to get the tenants out quic...