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Me: 2-4 units (including multiple houses on 1 lot)
Location: SF Bay Area; Richmond, Oakland
Why?
1) 30yr fixed rate financing. I plan on owning the "fix and hold" properties I buy for AT LEAST...
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I'm looking at buy-and-hold properties in Jacksonville Beach trying to determine if certain properties are worth looking into more. I've been reading about the 2% Rule and 50% Rule, both of which seem pretty unattaina...
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As we already know when you buy and sell property in Philadelphia, there is a transfer tax you have to pay that comes out to about 4.2% of the purchase price of the property. https://beta.phila.gov/services/payments-a...
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Curious which route this community thinks makes more sense: starting a real estate investment fund or working with a bunch of private money lenders?We have flipped 80+ properties at this point and really want to start...
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I am working with two agents who showed me a bunch of MFH properties: mostly duplexes, some 4plexes. One in UW, many in Greenlake, some in Cap Hill/First Hill and a couple in West Seattle. My plan is to house-hack wit...
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I got a bunch of questions about a property I purchased in Chicago through Profit from Rentals (PFR), so I thought I'd put down some of the facts here. I'll attempt to keep this as a running post, so folks who are cu...
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I love to see the success stories on BP, but it’s also important to learn from mistakes in the past – and better to learn from someone else’s mistake than your own! Without sounding negative, lets spill some of our...
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Hello! I will be closing on my first STR in early June and could really use some recommendations on how to manage it myself. I have worked with long-term rentals and flips, but this seems like a whole new world! I wou...
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Question for the BP forum? What do you do when you are tapped out of liquid cast to jump on a deal? This is for general knowledge and also evaluating my situation question. Say you have a seller that wants out complet...
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Does anyone have any experience investing in Costa Rica? I would like to buy a future retirement home to get away from the cold winters but in the meantime would love to rent it out as a vacation rental.
What are the...