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Hello BP Nation,I’m looking at purchasing my first RE investment property in the west suburbs of Chicago within the next 90 days. In an effort to mitigate the amount of catastrophic mistakes that I’ll make as a newbie...
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Just wanted to get an overall take on where im at so far. Heres the details. Bought a house on the eastside of Detroit on Tacoma and Hayes for $5200, 3 bed 1 bath, single car garage . Put about 4000-5000 in it to get ...
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I've been reading and receiving a lot of great advice/recommendations on BP about certain investment strategies and how to go about them. One of the strategies that we are seriously considering and likely starting of...
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HI recently started looking at properties in New Ipswich and Jaffrey. I really like the area but would like to get some input from an investor in the area.I am looking for long term buy and hold rental properties, and...
Have been keeping an eye on some vacant land near where I live (Chicago, IL). Former auto repair shop. Current owner demolished the building and did a Phase I, which came back clean. Original plan was to build a Starb...
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I don't understand fully how we as investors might be affected if the government gets serious about paying off debt and actually does it.
Let's assume for a second that the government comes up with a plan to pay off...
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My opinion, what is yours?
If you have difficulty renting or selling, great numbers are meaningless. The numbers may look good, but it is a terrible investment.
Many times, I have been presented with investment oppo...
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Hello everyone,I am from the Bay Area and looking to relocate to a area where I can start my investing journey. Right now, California would be impossible for me so I am looking into areas where their is a lot of oppor...
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I was reading BP Brandons latest turnkey blog post and there were just a couple comments. I know there are some bpers into turnkeys but when you check they only have 2 or 3 turnkeys tops...even with the bp folks who a...
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Hi BP, when I open any forum or social media the hot topic is upcoming housing market crash. But I don't understand what does "CRASH" means in real state. Is it like stock that will go down 30-50%? Looking at the hist...