Hi everyone, My wife and I are looking to buy our first property and would like to get some advice for preparing a seller financing offer. We currently live in Illinois about 20 minutes east of St. Louis and are movin...
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Has anyone ever invested in a deal on RealtyShares? Am interested in hearing some of your opinions? Success stories, horror stories, pros and cons, etc.I'm seeing some pretty good returns being advertised and am tempt...
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I am looking to move into a duplex next fall and am currently in an apartment. Aka house hack.
My question is what is the advantages/disadvantages to putting say 3.5% down vs 20% or 10% I understand putting more dow...
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Hi BP familyI'm getting ready to close on my first income property with Wells Fargo. Closing cost are $2792. Wells Fargo is also adding another $3709 in "other closing" cost for a total of $6501. The other cost inc...
We've all done those Zillow/RedFin searches for recent home sales and seen purchases for homes sold significantly below market. Here in San Francisco, they might be a million dollars or more below market. Do we know w...
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Hi everyone at BP,I am extremely new to all of this so don't eat me alive. I have been involved with this forum for a solid week and I have been inspired by and learned more from all of you than any other source, so t...
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It's NOT SELLING.I am a recently licensed Realtor in the South Florida and I ended up listing my clients house recently at the end of November. However, there have been no offers on the house. There have been around 5...
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My 6 family insurance was 3100 last year and now increased to 3500 this year. What do you guys do in terms of trying to keep insurance premiums low as possible? Do you increase deductible?
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Hi all!I wanted to formally introduce myself to the BP fam. I have been lurking the forums for about a month and have learned quite a bit from them as well as the podcasts. I am relatively new to the Orange County are...
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I have come across a deal with an investor that is looking to retire. He has a portfolio of about 15 bldgs from sfr's to 6 unit bldgs all in the same neighborhood, for a total of 35 rental units.They are not in the b...