As a new commercial real estate agent, which market (Los Angeles vs Orange County) is better to start and establish? Which has more potential? Boutique firm vs national franchise?
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The real estate market is often the subject of speculation and forecasts, some predicting downturns or even crashes. However, based on my extensive experience and observation in the field, I believe there are strong r...
I want to get into real estate (duplex or single family rental properties) in Tx, and people in real estate have been saying the market will become a buyer's market soon. I have a good amount for a down-payment, but d...
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Hey BP,I spent a good amount of time driving neighborhoods in San Antonio for buy/hold investments following several suggestions and found many neighborhoods that I really liked. Although, I still need to analyze more...
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Hello BP community! I have not started investing yet, still learning and working on developing a business plan. I'm about 80% sure that I want to do house flipping, so that's what my current business plan is revolved ...
I am currently looking for providers of Turnkey properties in various markets across the United States. If you are aware of rehabbers or builders who can put out new properties every month please let me know. Currentl...
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Aloha BP Community,I am a new member from Oahu, Hawaii. I stumbled upon this site recently and was amazed by the wealth of member generated information. Thumbs up to the creator of this site and all the wonderful memb...
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Was curious about the conditions of the wholesale real estate market in the New Orleans metropolitan area. I read a bunch of blogs on here from 3 years ago and the consensus was that the market was flooded with to man...
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I saw this in depth analysis of the Zillow Offers product. This struck me"Going back to Exhibit 4, renovation, holding, and selling costs have averaged 3.0%, 0.9%, and 4.5% of sales so far, leaving a return before f...
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I keep hearing I need to know my Market. What does this mean? Is it knowing what housing and rental prices are. Should I be going to city council meetings.......etc.????