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Hello,I am new to bigger pockets. I am reading through the beginner guide to real estate investing. The guide has a chapter on creating a business plan. Is it crucial to have a complete business plan before attempt...
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Hi,
I am wondering what the SEC and California state laws are regarding soliciting private money lenders for real estate investments - what disclosures, guidelines, etc need to be followed?
Thanks for any feedback...
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Hello everybody. I'm fairly new to Bigger Pockets and real estate in general. I am looking at buying my first rental property, out of state, through a turnkey company in Kansas City soon. After I get a little more e...
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Our company has outgrown our small single room office space (2 years there currently) and we are considering leasing a space with a 5 year term. I have concerns with COVID as I believe the commercial market will softe...
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Hey BP, I have been looking into hard money and private investor loans, and how investors use these loans to refinance a property after they fix it up into a conventional loan. You all know the story, they pay back th...
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I have never seen any furnaces installed in this manner. The benefit is that each of the 3 units has its own furnace. The bad news is that they are positioned all in a row in a “closet” in the basement unit. Don’t kno...
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I'm currently going through a career change and living in the bay area. As I'll be working in tech, this is where I plan to stay for a longer time. I am retraining and not working yet, and have 500k in cash.
I'd like...
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Hi Folks, Hope the weekend is going swimmingly for you all. I'd appreciate some of your sage advice on which way to go for our first property. We are currently looking for a duplex to house hack in the NY Capital Regi...
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I've been thinking a lot about the future of suburbia. My wife and I live on the coast in Connecticut (Milford), have an investment property in Norwalk CT, and Tampa bay area in Florida. I've watched so many people (c...
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I just heard about Civvl today, visited their website, and I'm still not sure what they actually do. They claim to be "the Uber of evictions." Basically it's a gig app to recruit process servers, workers to clean out ...