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HiI am a newbie investor. I am interested in investing out of state as I live in California and our tenants rights are awful here. It is so difficult to get rid of bad tenants....plus the ROI here is not great. I a...
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I’ve recently come across the concept of “personal banking” through “overfunding” whole life insurance policies and leveraging the cash value to buy assets.In theory it sounds like a can’t loose situation. You have a...
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Share your goals for 2023! What are you hoping to accomplish this year with your real estate portfolio? What goals did you set and why? Happy New Year!
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...Dumb.
[Sorry to be mean. My comments as an owner -- rant ahead]
Seriously. How much are you guys paying for your "lists". How many of you think buying a list of: owners that got a red tag. owners that got an...
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There is nothing sane about what you have to be prepared to do in order to make a start in this business. Please take that as a given. The only thing I can fully agree with Grant Cardone about is his statement that re...
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I wrote an article for the BP Blog asking a question about real estate appraisers and what role they are playing in holding down real estate values: http://www.biggerpockets.com/renewsblog/2012/07/18/are-appraisers-pa...
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First a little bit of background on the house: it is a 3 bed 1.5 bath cape cod, in an older neighborhood of a class A suburb outside of Milwaukee. It was listed on the MLS, had been bank owned for about 5 years and wa...
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Hey all. I recently heard of someone who has acquired a lot of property recently. Some main st village type property, mixed use with store fronts etc. I heard through the grape fine that he had recently started “scoop...
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Would like to hear from others on this one.Often, when I tell someone about an apartment building located in a class C neighborhood in NYC, the first question they ask is whether I carry a gun when visiting the proper...
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I’ve seen a lot of videos saying you can purchase a property with little to no money. I’m not entirely sure how this works, if it’s possible, or if it’s just a ploy to get you to click on their video. I’ve also heard ...