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I have recently purchased a duplex in Elkhart, Indiana. But I live in Idaho. One tenant moved out and the managers are quoting 2500 to make the unit re-rentable. But when it was inspected for the purchase a month and ...
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Hello BP community,I’m a young engineer and just moved to Connecticut for work. Graduated in 2015 and want to begin investing in real estate.I recently just purchased a multi-family house (4 units) last month using a ...
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First time posting after reading through other posts and trying to learn tips from everyone else.In our situation, local market is expensive to get in to and makes positive cash flow difficult to see other than STR's....
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Buying my first house in San Antonio, TX using my first VA loan. Looking for any tips, specifically about buying a new home with incentives vs. buying a much cheaper property that will need cosmetic updates.
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Hello everyone! Currently doing reporting on my portfolio, and I see we've spent $1800 on pest control YTD over 5 different doors. My question to the community is, should I continue to offer complimentary pest contr...
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What is the difference between different intermediaries or how would you evaluate them assuming basic conditions are met (timely communication, can complete transaction within IRS deadlines and not a crook). Im tryin...
I would greatly appreciate any advice on this question. Over the next year I intend on purchasing a personal residence in the DMV area and need help focusing my search.I prefer older homes and neighborhoods with char...
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I'm an out of state aspiring investor (living in CA, looking to invest in more affordable and cash flowing locations) looking to by my first investment property and wondering whether purchasing a new construction SFH ...
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Hello!
I'm finding it challenging to find deal with enough of a spread from price to arv, given repairs... when using hard money. I'm at a point where I'd love to start looking at private money but don't know where t...
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Im getting an investment loan where the appraised rent amount must met or exceed the mortgage payment. Long story short the first appraiser the lender used was horrible and gave a horrible appraisal amount of 30% l...