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Hello RE experts!
I'm looking to purchase an empty lot to construct and sell a house in Bay Area/San Jose area. Can someone help provide a breakdown of costs? I've been reaching out to contractors but many will not p...
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Hello Again BP Community!Recently started analyzing properties using the Rental Calculator, which I love. While ultimately we plan to try multi family units outside SF. We’d like to try a house hack on a 2-4 unit here...
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Hi all,Just getting started on this real estate investment journey. I've decided to focus on rental properties as my 'niche'. I continue to go back and forth on whether to focus on single-family or multi family units ...
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I keep hearing on the podcast that house flippers always tend to use other lenders, hard money, etc... Even in J Scott's book on Flipping Houses says that they use investors and don't really use their own money.What I...
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I only have 10 listings currently but my goal is to ramp this up pretty rapidly towards 50+ units and I can already see housekeeping and linens being my #1 stumbling block. Linens: We do houses not apartments for the ...
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I need your thoughts... I am a managing broker who was self sponsored until this year when I took on an agent and licensed assistant. My business is medium sized, we only work with buy and hold investors in a handfu...
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I am seeing a larger number of people get into the Short Term Rental Space as they can cash flow their properties better than a LTR. For people who are looking into STRs, currently have them, or brokers whom have clie...
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I saw an Year end report that talks about negative net migration trend in cook county and especially in the city of Chicago. I’m curious how investors take these numbers. I see such articles on negative net migration...
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Hey guys! Just recently purchased my first two properties with conventional 15-yr mortgages. This of course maxed out my debt to income ratio, making it very hard for me to get another conventional loan this year. My ...
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I'm a seasoned retail real estate investor but I don't know anything about multifamily. What are the advantages/disadvantages compare to other types of real estate investing. What's your niche? Is it a four flex, o...