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Current Newsweek article lists The United States as # 11 in countries worldwide. Really cool website with different categori...
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Our team in Indiana has hired a lobbyist to represent the interests of housing providers and investors. One of our first objectives is to replace the word "landlord" with "housing provider" in ALL pieces of legislati...
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Title says it all. Let's say someone gave you one million dollars to invest in cash-flowing rental properties today (Aug 2016), and you're only allowed to use the money to buy multis in one city. What city in the US d...
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Hey everyone, first post on BP but been lurking for a bit. I know many people on here have started their REI journey with single family and other small investments. Some "gurus" out there say to skip the small stuff a...
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I have three listings and several more in process, so selfishly, I wanted to start a thread where we comment on off the shelf software tools and best practices for managing listings when you have several or many. Let...
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All,I have been reading many of your "How do I start" topics. Please allow me to squeeze mine in, as I am really struggling and I just cant even understand why I cant just get up and do it.A bit of background. My enti...
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For investors who may look to diversify their portfolio or who are not 100% in the camp of ( if it does not cash flow its not an investment)
or appreciation is ( gambling) if you have been following the Chips Act n...
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Hi. I am new to BP. This site has been so helpful so far. I live in the SF Bay Area and am starting a search for markets out of state to invest in. Looking for single family homes for cash flow. Realized Bay Area was ...
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Most investors favor CF rather than equity build up.
The advice is get a mortgage as long as you can (30+years) so you can have a few more hundred dollars in CF.
This neglects the fact that you pay more...
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So I've begun researching purchasing notes, and found a few different threads with the suggestion of cold calling people that are in contact with note holders. Bankruptcy attys, financial planners, CPAs, title compani...