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Hello all,
I am curious as to how you personally analyze the local real estate market before you purchase a house for A) Flipping and B) Renting?
What are the differences you look for? (Ex. Neighborhood, school dis...
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Has anyone bought a property or house hacked with the Express purpose of just lowering your monthly mortgage payment? I live in Chicago and there isnt much, if anything that seems to cash flow positively. It seems lik...
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Hi all,
We just backed out of purchasing our first investment property as it needed a new roof (per the property inspector and 3 roofers) and he refused to submit an insurance claim (saying the roof has 10 more years...
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Hey everyone! I have purchased my first note, and it is about to be boarded. Once I start getting payments, I am wondering about everyone's strategy for how to track the note within my LLC's quickbooks company file....
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Question with eRentpayment.com - I've searched through the forums and found a lot of great info but not this answer yet. I think I want to go with them, but I offer a $25 discount for paying by the 28th of the month ...
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Hello everyone!
I'm new to real estate and currently don’t own any properties, but I’ve been learning a lot recently. I’m trying to work with a seller who deals in off-market properties, but they only accept cash or ...
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Hi BB community,I'm new here and so excited to join this amazing community. My wife and I are 6-7 months out from getting our first investment property. We have a beautiful 9 month old baby girl which makes the house ...
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Hey BP!
I’m in the process of trying to find best area to invest a multifamily in, within my budget, but how do I look up or find areas that are renters area or high probability of renters . Not sure how I got about...
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For an investor who is house hacking which loan option is better? Conventional or FHA. I learned that typically for FHA you can put down 3.5% but for conventional you can put down 3%. For the FHA you get charged twice...
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Hello All, My wife and I have decided to get in the real estate game and have recently began looking into foreclosures. I know it requires a lot of homework and due diligence. Would it be wise to hire a real estate a...