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I'm sure this question has been asked many times on the forums, but I'm curious what market people think is the best market to build and buy and hold portfolio in?As a bit of background on myself, I am from long islan...
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Greeting BP Network,Long time listener first time (writer), but I have a life-transition question that I thought I would throw out to the community for advise. I am a licensed architect who's spent the last 10-years d...
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I am a college student trying to put some cash I have saved up into a rental property. I live in the Suburbs outside of New York City which means there's nothing under $300k worth touching. I want to invest in the C...
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To those starting out I have a word of warning, trust no one. Every single person you think is working for you or with you or in your best interest, is working in their best interest. This is America. Nobody cares a...
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Do you reward your Residents at their lease anniversary, if so how?One of our policies is to reward a resident at their lease anniversary with a gift card to a very large national retail store in our market. The longe...
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As they say, "Ideas are cheap, execution is everything" and I'm having a disconnect going from knowing to actually doing. What holds me back personally is the fear of failure or making costly mistakes despite fully un...
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BP Community, I am investigating the multi-family game and I am trying to figure out what types of investors are buying fully turn-key multi-family complex's in the Bay Area (San Jose/Santa Cruz - and surrounding citi...
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Hello All, I'm New to this web site, it is a GREAT site. Im always thinking realestate 24/7.
Heres my first question.
Should i put a suite in my basement To start my REI career?
I own my own home and have been luc...
Finally Closed our First Deal!It has been a little over two years since I stumbled across the BP Podcast and began the journey to purchase my first rental property, and while it took significantly longer than I origin...
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I need help deciding how to spend my marketing dollars. I've been sending letters to out of state owners. I'm going to begin marketing to absentee owners (that live in state) and already have half the work done for t...