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Hello, I’m aching to ditch 9-5 and diversify away from the stock market. I’d like to acquire some rental properties but don’t know how/where. I read this article which suggests seeking high rent to price ratios on a...
Portland's rents have been rising over 10% year over year. There's a lot of political brew-ha-ha both locally and at the state level over tenant protections and increased housing costs, and local and state laws have ...
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Certainly a unique young man. Whether you agree or not with his personal views, you have to admire how he ...
Ok, at the risk of sounding like an idiot, can someone please explain the difference? I am listening to a gentleman talk about his dream team and he is talking about making sure to have a good title company/ real esta...
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I am a regular listener of the bigger pockets podcast, and I absolutely love it. I am getting quality information for my recently founded obsession for real estate.
I have a full time job that pays around 170k exclu...
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The title essentially sums up the question. I'm sure there are many out there who live in markets that have a high financial barrier to entry and have thought about investing elsewhere.
As a first time investor, I'd...
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How much time do you spend self-managing your short-term rental? Weighing the pros and cons of LTR vs STR in my market. Yes, STRs appear to have better cashflow, but unsure of the time commitment needed. My wife an...
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I joined Flipsystem (FS) about a year ago for the following reasons:1. I had invested in out of state RE in the Midwest before. buy & holds in OH that we ran into several issues with, incompetent PMs and lot of re...
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Thoughts on Flex Space Development as a niche strategy in the Texas Markets. Don't hear much about it.
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My wife and I are early in our RE investing journey, bought an old Triplex in 2019 which we sold to build a new duplex in 2022. We are in a niche Midwest market where local prices are inflated and looking to get into ...