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In July 2020, we closed on our first SFR rental during the height of Covid. We were working with an investor friendly Realtor and had been looking in Amherst New York near University at Buffalo for several months. W...
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Hi BP,
I am finishing up renovating a side by side duplex in Raleigh and I was looking to get some advice on how I should design the front porch. It is a shared porch with center steps. I have one long term renter ...
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I wanted to see if anyone here can give some insights about investing in the broward county, Florida.
Is there Flips available?
Is it a more buy a hold area?
I have the opportunity to invest there but don’t know much ...
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Hi, my name is Zak Dolak, I am a beginner investor. Ireside in SE Pennsylvania and would like my first investment property to be local to the area. I have yet to make my first deal but very eager to get my feet wet. A...
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My name is Stephanie Smith and I am the owner of several retail properties in Michigan & Colorado. Does anyone have any outside the box ideas for finding new national/big box or local tenants.
ThanksStephanie
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How are you determining neighborhood class? Are there set criteria that separates class B from class C? Or is there a way to look it up based on demographics?
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I've read up on a bunch of posts about insurance for flips but most of the answers were very specific to the individuals situation and I wasn't able to find the info I was looking for.I'm going to be buying my first f...
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hey BP forum!!! I am wondering what the property managers out there do in the winter wonderland we are entering into. We own a 4plex and are experiencing some icy conditions, do you all provide ice melt? At what sn...
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Those who’ve built apartment complexes, I’m interested in what the cost per unit ended up being including land development. I know there are 1000 variables that effect cost and that many will have different answers b...