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Hello everyone,
My name is Markus Stevenson and I reside in Houston, Texas. Currently, my girlfriend and I both work in the software industry and we're looking to begin diving into the world of real estate investing...
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If you have a great Tenant, but need to raise rent by $450 and they are unable to come up with it do you negotiate rent to keep them, and ask them what they can pay or did you looks for new tenants who can pay the inc...
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My wife posed this question to me and I wonder if anyone has ever had this experience? Say your current tenant is given notice to leave and you show your property in the meantime and find a new tenant to move in be...
I am in the process of closing on 15,000 sq foot building in Banning California that is currently vacant. I am wondering if this is a wise investment?Purchasing for 1.1 million all cash no financing, the goal is to ge...
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Hello BP,
New to the forum - here is a go at my first post. I have had a long-term rental (10 yrs).
I thought I was doing pretty well. That is, until I started reading posts in the BP forums. It has had a good ru...
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Sorry it's too big but I don't post often. And really need some advice.
I bought a big old 5b2b house couple years ago. I had a management company but saw them struggling to find tenant. It's a single family house. N...
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My husband and I are wanting to rent out our current house and purchase another house and hopefully do a 203(k) loan on it since a lot of the houses in our area are fixer-uppers. From the reading I have been doing, i...
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Hello all this is my first time posting on biggerpockets, I have been a listener of the podcast for a couple of years now. I am 27 years old and currently came into a settlement where I have extra money and honestly f...
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Hi everyone!I am fairly new to real estate investing, even though my husband and I do own 2 homes, one of which is currently leased, but wanting to get involved and I have some questions. We are constantly getting pho...
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Hey BP! I need resources and/or advice on the direction to take when it comes to grabbing equity out of my small residential portfolio. A couple of items I would like to accomplish but not sure if it is too much of a ...