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I think there are some initial signs that the Austin area market is starting to change.For the second time in 2016, single-family home sales volume declined in Central Texas, down 3.1% year-over-year from July 2015. I...
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I am considering building a small "home" (1000-1200sqft) specifically for short term rental in a tourist destination area. I am aware there are often minimum sqft requirements for a home but will cross that bridge la...
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Hello BP!
This is NOT going to be a breakdown of what house hacking is and how to do it. There’s already plenty of information out there and besides, I’m not an expert.
BUT, what I am is a beginner who came acros...
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I've come across this on the last few flips and wanted to see if anyone has any ideas of a way around the following example.
Buy a home on January 1 with the intent to renovate and flip it.
Complete the...
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I'm wondering if you were to have a do over when you were about to buy the home that you currently live, would you have paid what you paid for the house in community that you live in or paid more for a similar house i...
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I recently invested in a property I plan to build on (for personal use) and it came with a 1998 double wide 3/2 mobile home that is in really good condition, needs some cosmetic updates to make it look current but oth...
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Good Afternoon everyone,Im currently looking for my second property and have been toying with the idea of using a option contract to buy my next property. Im 26 years old and I still live at home. Ive purchased my fir...
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Hi LV Bigger Pockets,I've got a property in Las Vegas that I am having a very hard time finding a tenant for the "traditional" way. Home has currently sat on the market vacant for two months, coming up on a third. I k...
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What are some basic rules of thumb or tips to evaluate self storage? Thank you.
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Evening all,
Would love to hear thoughts on investing in Spring Texas, looks like exciting things are starting to happen for this town with Exon Mobile setting up their headquarters in 2014. Bringing high employment....