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My name is Nobu A and I am a Newbie from Los Angeles, CA., I am very open to conversing with and meeting fellow investors! As my opening sentence probably lets on I am a relatively new in regards to real estate invest...
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I’m still relatively new to the real estate game (2 rentals owned in just under 6 months of investing) and have been coming across different strategies to buy properties. One of these strategies is called the HELOC me...
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Hello BP Community,I've been accused of short-term renting my unit (which I have not) and was fined $12,000. Furthermore, the building's bylaws have a 25% rental cap, and my unit is NOT approved, yet I informed them t...
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Most real investors should not buy from realtors unless the realtor is an investor themselves and understand the business. Unfortunately, most seasoned realtors don’t even know how to calculate a cap rate. Even less a...
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We purchased our first investment property in Sep of 2017. We (*I*) thought it would take 3 months. (<--ignorance is bliss!) Fast forward to 2019 and we're just wrapping things up. BUT, the first side of our duplex...
Seems like many of you here advocate presenting yourself as the "property manager" rather than the "owner" of properties that you self manage. I'd like to begin doing that... for those who do so, what is your prim...
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Hi all,
I am not an real estate investor, but do own a home in Fort Collins, Colorado area (2009 built; 3520 total ft2; 2350 finished ; full basement - unfinished). I have an out of state job offer and trying to dec...
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I am fairly new to investing, and thus far have stayed in the residential market. No commercial loans, however my end goal is to get to that point so I have been reading up on how to get the loan, requirements, etc. ...
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Hello! I have 75K to invest and am JUST starting my investment journey. I live in an expensive market (Denver) so can't find opportunities where the math works here. Am open to out-of-state but not a clue where to st...
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Hi everyone - I have spent the past few weeks poking around on this site, what a wealth of information! I am currently a stay-at-home mom/part-time estate lawyer, and my husband and I have been looking into new avenu...