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Hope every one is having a Happy Holiday Season! I am a new REI in the North Dallas area. I've been researching and learning for the past few months but it's finally time for me to make the leap and buy my first prope...
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Hello, a lot has been written about the "STR Loophole". My situation is that my STR averages less than 7 days, I have material non-passive participation, so that I qualify for the "loophole". I do not provide substa...
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Show Me the Money: How To Stop Flying Blind and Master The Art Of Tracking Income and Expenses In Your Real Estate Business
We’ve all heard the statistics about the large number of businesses that fail in the US ever...
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My agent just emailed me this news. "Lawful source of income" is now a protected class. Just a heads up to NY investors. I could see a lot of discrimination lawsuits because if this. My local craigslist is loaded...
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Hello everyone. I was wondering if anyone could lend their advice and give me some general direction towards obtaining my first loan that I will be putting towards 3 single family homes, which will be bundled together...
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I'm a relative newbie to real estate investing, and trying to figure out which direction to take. I'm very time challenged, but fortunate enough to have savings that I want to put to work in the form of positive pass...
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Hello BP community, My Fiancé and I would like to purchase our 1st investment home using our section 8 voucher. I know that we can use it anywhere in the U.S, but I'm not sure what steps are needed to actually pull ...
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heres a loaded question that i felt like made sense to put in the Lending category. me and my father are partnering up to build a large real estate portfolio. full transparency I'm sitting at about a 590- 600 credit s...
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Hello everyone. I was wondering if anyone could lend their advice and give me some general direction towards obtaining my first loan that I will be putting towards 3 single family homes, which will be bundled together...
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Quick question BP'ers,
I'm spending lots of time analyzing properties these days, but I'm wondering where do I go to get the cap rate and vacancy rate on any given area? It isn't always given in a listing, along with...