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Hello, I am completely new to investing money on a scale such as this. I would very much like to start investing and house hacking. I do not currently own any homes, but I am trying to come up with a strategy to inves...
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Hello, Please forgive me if this is common knowledge. But I'm still learning and I want to stay compliant with a fair housing laws and regulations. I'm an investor in upstate NY I have a vacant unit and a friend sent ...
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Wow! Our last poll had over 700 responses! Because I think the last poll generated a ton of interest, I'm going to start doing this regularly until someone stops me or I run out of questions to ask :) This week, the p...
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Hi BP!I'm a bit on the fence between the residential classification of 4 unit multi family investment property and jumping over to the commercial side of 5+ units. Ultimately, I am trying to stay within the 4 - 8 rang...
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Just curious as to if anyone has ever quit their job to go into real estate investing full time, and doing so too soon.I work 60+ hours week right now and make good money. I'm very knowledgable (at least I think) on t...
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Hello everyone, I'm new to real estate investing. I live in Orange County, so my market is very high and numbers don't typically work.I'm looking for buy and hold, multi family properties. I recently started looking i...
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What do you do when a tenant dies on your property? Or dies elsewhere and never returns to your property? Especially when they live alone. In an effort to be proactive, I'm trying to think through scenarios and ...
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I just wanted to point out something that happened to me the other day that might help people just starting out. I was working a new area and negotiating a deal with a seller so I made a phone call to get comps on the...
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I am officially in the process of collecting rent for the first time ever. I have collected rent from one unit in the form of a money order and a second in cash. What is everyone's strategy to collecting rent in cash...
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Hello BP Friends!I'm looking for a 10-30 unit apartment building in my market place by pulling the tax records of buildings with this many units, then looking them up and doing some research before finding the owner a...