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I have a plan to retire in 4 years from a job that I do not enjoy all that much. It would help boost my retirement savings and possibly shorten that length of time if I begin to invest in real estate. Plus, when I r...
I’m planning on purchasing rental properties in the near future. Once I’ve gained rental income, I would like to finance a Condo and even more rental properties with my income from rentals. However, I’m a bit confused...
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I would like to get thoughts and opinions on investing in vacation rental properties (pros and cons). I currently own a non-vacation rental duplex property but was thinking of diversifying with my next investment prop...
Hi, I’m someone who’s been interested in REI for a year or two now and I’m just trying to take in as much information as I can. I only want to focus on buy and hold investing in long-term rentals, specifically SFH and...
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I have recently read a post that mentioned high cap rates can be risky?I am new to investing and up until the other day, I believed that the higher the cap, the better the income. What are the pros and cons of this? I...
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HELLO,Do I tell the seller I am the investor and have other partners I work with (because it's just me)? If I say i have partners to help negotiate price but the seller might be wondering whats taking so long to close...
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Part of analyzing a deal is having an understanding of the fixed costs that come with doing that deal. BiggerPockets Blog contributor, J. Scott wrote an incredible article to spell out the details for anyone interest...
Hello all,I am very new to investment real estate. I am evaluating some of my first potential buys, but I could use some guidance to determine when a property is not a good deal because of the parameters of the proper...
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Can you manage properties held by your self-directed IRA? Assuming you do none of the hands on work? Same question for managing the rehab.
What if your SD IRA owns part of the property but you provide property man...
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Full disclosure: My partner and I are complete newbies to wholesaling and commercial real estate. We had no intention of getting into commercial, but in the process of looking for residential properties to wholesale w...