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Hello all,Extremely excited to have stumbled across this community while reading a few of Brandon Turner's books on real estate investing! I am hoping to start my real estate investment journey with a couple of condos...
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Hello - I have a roughly 1-acre lot, zoned for residential that sits just off a new parkway in the Des Moines area. I've had it for about 10 years, and have decided to finally do something with it. I currently own sev...
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Hi all, I'm a commercial and residential realtor. I have a 5 unit Multi family pocket listing however the sellers did not disclose to me that one of their tenants is a registered sex offender until we were about to si...
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Hello! I recently heard Henry Washington mentioning that he thinks BRRRR is a great strategy, however, he thinks that utilizing a HELOC would be more beneficial because you don't have to take the equity out of your ho...
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Hi BP community. I recently came across a property that is delinquent on taxes. I am informed that the owner has received notice that the property is now in the process of being taken as a result of this delinquency. ...
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In May, my renter and I agreed to add a purchase option to the lease so they would have the exclusive right to purchase my house at a set price within a year. In return, they had to give me $2k+ non-refundable funds....
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ok, so here i am analyzing some properties. i want to buy a tenant occupied home and some of them are already in good cash flow shape, but for a couple others the rent needs to be raised, it seems low for the area as...
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With investing there is always the question on condition of the property verse price. What type of investor are you? What is the biggest mistake with investing that you will never do again?
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My W2 income over the next 3 years is going to be significantly higher than normal. Is there any way to avoid paying a high personal income tax rate on this income? I understand that if I am a "Real Estate Professio...
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So I know with the 50% rule you should account for half of your rent to go towards maintenance and repair expenses. Since not all expenses are going to happen every month like capex (is that how you write it or is it ...