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Hello,
My name is Gigi Merritt, I live in the South Bay about 50 miles south of San Francisco, California. I’m a new real estate investor interested in single family flips (to start) and I’m searching for not just a...
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Hi everyone,
I am a real estate investor who currently resides in Wisconsin, but do most of my investing in Florida (thus "Wiscorida", haha)
I specialize in wholesale flipping vacant land and am moving towards whole...
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Welcome to my weekly skeptical investor forum, right here on BP! A frank, hopefully insightful, dive into real estate and financial markets. From one real estate investor to another.
Today We’re Talkin:
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Debt or Leverage of Low interest, what is best plan before retirement?we live in California, have primary home and a rental home. I have 530k balance primary home first mortgage locked 3.5% for 30 years (PITI=$3263), ...
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Asking for a friend. What’s the best way to invest 500k? Good friend of mine owns 2 side by sides for the past 15 yrs. Stock market is leveling out and it will not be as exciting as last year, so he’s looking for a ne...
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I realize that this is probably a waste of time but I want my pound of flesh. I've read some posts about turning things over to a debt collector. I really don't care if I ever see a cent but I'm going forward with t...
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I Moved to my own place here in Chicago October 2020. I am emplyed as a Union Ironwoker and during my off season ( January and February ) I decided to start doing handyman work on my own to generate more income. It s...
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Is owning rental properties safer in case the market crashes? Obviously flipping is risky for that reason, but given I’ve never invested before I’m wondering if it is safer and if people actually rent more if the mark...
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I got a call from a tenant 2 days ago that there were several cops/agents at the apartment that I own and manage. It was the DEA, and they broke down the front door looking for a new tenant that just moved in recently...
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I have a question from the perspective of a tenant and want the opinion of landlords out there and their advise.
I was renting a single family home and had a 12 month lease. I was 8 months into the lease and a better...