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Hello all, I have the opportunity to buy a rental in my area off-market that makes sense for the first time but I want to know if I will actually be able to refinance it if I get it. I am a college student with no deb...
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Hi there,I am writing seeking advice on what to do in this in between time and whether I should buy a primary residence first or a rental property first. My husband and I plan to get into buy and hold properties and e...
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Hi everybody, I'm an investor in Colombia and I lead a community of investors in my country. I'm looking to buy our first multifamily in the US (we traveled a month ago to Rockford in Illinois to know the market). I'm...
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Hi BP community!My wife and I just bought a home around the Morgan Street Junction in West Seattle. It is a small, old house on a small (4k sqft) lot. It is zoned commercial and LR2. We definitely plan to develop it i...
I am new to the forum and dabbling with the idea of being an rental property owner, but it does look and sound overwhelming. I am not sure where to start? I am hoping to learn from those of you here and hopefully be a...
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I just got my first commercial property under contract (yay!). What are some important due diligence items I should be checking on during the inspection period? Obviously, structural, roof, mechanicals, etc. are alrea...
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Just curious what people are seeing out in the market; In a commercial property context (industrial, retail, office, even multi-family), is an environmental (at least a phase I) always requested by lenders (convention...
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Long story short... My property manager went to show one of my town-homes.
Turns out my tenant decided it was ok to put/punch holes in walls and put his cigarettes out on the carpet in every room. It's a shame beca...
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“I’ll wait until next year”
Some of the people I talk to regarding real estate get excited and want to meet up or talk and a good amount of the time they end it by saying “Definitely this time next year im buying a h...
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Hello everyone, my name is Jack Payne and I’m brand new to the real estate investing world! I just graduated from the University of South Carolina in May and I started my first big kid job a month and a half ago. I’ve...