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Hello Everyone,Hope that everyone finds themselves Safe and Healthy.I am interested in purchasing a Duplex. I will live in one apartment. and rent the second apartment.However, I started my own business in January, an...
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Hello,I am in process of purchasing my second home using VA loan. The home is new construction and a few blocks from my current home. The builder is offering to rent my home so they can use it as a model home for 18 m...
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My wife and I own a single-family home outright in a desirable part of South Tampa for $150k, and have our sights set on doing a tear-down and new build with a $215k single fa...
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Hi! I'm super new to real estate and doing lots of research, and want to get started on investing in 2021 hopefully. I live in LA, and don't have anywhere near the amount needed to buy property here. I work remotely, ...
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I just purchased the home I'll be moving to in about a month's time and want to start some work on it before we move in (replace windows, replace some siding, etc). I learned that my neighbor is a licensed contractor ...
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Obviously Chicago has a lot of zoning/permit types of hoops to jump through if you exist inside the city limits. I have been doing my best to research a lot on my own to find out what sorts of regulations apply to my...
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I am currently about to begin my real estate journey by house hacking. My one question is since I have already been preapproved for a FHA, would I still qualify for it if I first bought an Investment property with a c...
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Hi there,Found what appears to be a great house for our 5th investment property - a 5bd/2bath a few blocks from MARTA (Atlanta's "subway") and 2 stops from the airport. There is an upstairs loft with two additional ro...
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I keep finding these buy/hold opportunities where the seller or my agent tells me something like this: 'The current tenants are only paying $650, because they have been there a long time, but in this neighborhood, yo...
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Hi Folks, I'm new to Bigger Pockets and new to Real Estate investing. I wanted to see if anyone here has experience with financing a real estate deal and then earning a return after the property sells? If so, what has...