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Hello everyone!My name is Michael and I'm a 24 year old graduate from The Ohio State University with a passion for entrepreneurship. I currently work as a project lead for a quickly growing startup in the Cleveland, O...
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Hi, I'm hoping for some advice from more experienced people. Maybe this post isn't original, maybe some already had this problem but I couldn't find a message thread about it so here goes.About 5 years ago I purchase...
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Hi all, newbie here with a question. I took a HELOC on my primary residence that went towards purchasing my first rental. I'm renting it out for $1400 and my mortgage is $836. From that cashflow $215 is used to pay th...
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So me and my wife started our real estate business about 3 years ago. We have 14 properties (18 units.) My wife does the bookkeeping and pays bills (switching utilities and does the paperwork with moving people into p...
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we have this rental needs new roof and new exterior paint. I already picked out the light grey paint color and a dark roof color. However, there's a chimney in the front which ruins the curb appeal. Any suggestion on ...
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Hello, I’m new to bigger pockets and real estate in general. I appreciate any advice.
I’m about to come to some extra cash (200k) in March. I recently purchased a new commercial space and renovated it for my office. ...
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The Serenity Prayer of Reinhold Niebuhr, "God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change; courage to change the things I can; and wisdom to know the difference.Living one day at a time; enjoying one mo...
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Hi BP Friends,
I would like to discuss and brainstorm on something that has been troubling me when I inherited my tenants.
When I bought my Quad, I inherited 4 families from the previous owner. The two ...
Home prices are beginning to either level off or come down depending on your area. Here in FL I'm seeing appraisals come in lower than expected.... There's volatility in the stock market which generally is the first i...
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Bakersfield, population 377,917 (2019) and growing.
For as long as I’ve been working here (since 2010), Bakersfield has been extremely popular with investors. Whether one is looking to flip, or aspires to build a po...