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My goal is to buy 1 rental property this year. Tell me about your first purchase!
Where was it?
How did it go?
Do you still have it?
1 thing youwish you knew?
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Hey all - I am livid today! Maybe you can either calm me down, or tell me I am rightfully enraged.
We have an FHA buyer for a rehab, and among the hoops we've jumped through so far are the requests from an in...
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Hi all,
This is my first post on BP - I looked around for similar questions/answers and couldn't find a good match so I figured I'd go ahead and post; hopefully this is the correct forum for my question. First, a li...
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So in the next few months I plan to buy my first duplex! I plan to house hack; rent out one side and live In the other. While running the numbers a thought crossed my mind about my girlfriend paying rent. Here’s the t...
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Why do the interest rates charged on hard money loans vary so greatly from one State to another? Borrowers ask me this question all the time. For example, in California rates charged on hard money loans start as low a...
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Hello I have read two books in real estate and I’ve come to the conclusion that this is something I want to do. But I do not know how to get started. I want to go into rental properties because I think it is the best ...
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What did you all do before you started investing? What jobs did you have so you could raise the funds for a downpayment and such. I am 15, i want to own rental properties and am wondering what i could do to raise the ...
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I've been a silent lurker for quite some time now, as I got myself together financially. I finally decided to move ahead full speed with this real estate journey, especially after attending Brandon's 90-day webinar la...
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Hi all! I created this thread as a spin-off from this other thread:
We Loaned on a Stolen House
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I am trying to understand the differences about closing on a property, and particula...
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Here is a high-level description:It's SFH in a pretty decent neighborhood. The cash flow is about <$100/mo. The home appreciated very well in the past 13 years since I owned the property, averaging about 7.6% per y...