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I'm looking in the Long Beach area of Los Angeles County for a multi-unit apartment. I like Long Beach because there's no rent-control and apartments are more affordable at 125-190k per unit than most areas of Los Ang...
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I have a real estate portfolio with good amount of equity (most of the portfolio is free and clear), however my personal DTI ratio is too high and that's stopping me from tapping into it to settle some debts and buy m...
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Im am looking at a 10 unit apartment property for my 1st multifamily. It is near a good college,only 30mins from me, and is below market rents. I have a LOC on some land I own clear, and I plan on using it for the dow...
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Hello! I am a first time investor that has been studying and saving for the last 2.5 years to go into real estate investing. I feel fairly comfortable with the concepts but have never actually done a deal so wanted to...
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Fellow BP colleagues...I need a sanity check. So I started looking at SFRs as a rental property since May. I have finally found a 4/3 property in the Tampa Riverbend neighborhood and have my 69K offer accepted. I h...
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A FSBO was offered to me with owner financing, but the seller does not own the property free and clear. What are some different options for structuring this type of deal? I told him that I would want financing for a...
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BP Team,I need some local knowledge advice, as I have a couple of properties I am ready to put under contract, but wanted to be sure my numbers look good to ensure I am able to do right by the seller and the cash buye...
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Hello BP Community!I am Jenny Kim. I have my primary residence and one rental property in the Los Angeles area. I say that I am a semi-newbie, because I already have one rental property (which was a condo I used to ...
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As a tenant and someone looking into having investment properties down the line, I have a particular situation I need advice on.I was renting a flat in LA with a friend, both our names were on the lease. She planned t...
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I'm hoping there are some CPAs or personal experience (knowing I need to confer with a CPA) here to assist me with a decision on whether or not to open a LLC in TX (our place of residence and where we'll do all our bu...