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Early on (1978) I joined a couple of newly minted Real Estate Investor Association groups. I was active in them until about 20 years ago. They played an important role in my success (remember this is before we could...
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Kiavi changed my appraisal 3 times and the last time was 5 weeks into it, I of course walked away. Lima one wasn’t transparent with their processes, and I just heard finance of America is getting pretty bad. Are these...
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Hey everyone,Getting started in REI here. Haven't bought anything yet, still doing research. Can anyone give me the story on management companies? Should I use one or not? How do they make a profit from my (future)hou...
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So one of the neighbors in the nice family neighborhood in Colorado Springs where I own a single family rental has been complaining to me about the tenant I have in the house.
I have a property management company, an...
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I'm stuck between two life choices: 1. Become a CPA2. Become a Real Estate AgentThe complication: I have always wanted to get into real estate investing. My parents own apartments and for the last couple of years I ha...
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Good afternoon Bigger Pockets forum. This is my first post, and of course I'm looking for advice. My wife, and I are taking the plunge into real estate investing, and I wanted to consult like minded individuals on a c...
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So I’m trying to buy a rental unit with 15yr loan and I tell my realtor I’m trying to get a better rate on my loan. He proceeds to say “ why are you worried about the rate, it’s a write off “. This comment really worr...
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I am interested to hear different investment criteria that people have for multifamily properties. I know that this is a subjective question. Some of the metrics I want to know about include cap rate, COCR, IRR, DSCR....
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I have been using booking.com and Airbnb mostly. People complain about booking.com cancellations. I have fixed that completely.
Airbnb types are seeking cheap and deeply discounted. Booking.com people pay a premium...
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Has anyone utilized the 100 percent financed Multi-family Acquisition Program? Apparently they assist walking you through finding deals, financing them/obtaining business credit, and closing the deal...