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Hey everyone!
I'm diving headfirst into property development here in Chicago, and honestly, I could use a little help from the community.
Here's what's on my mind as I kick off this journey:
Finding the Right Deal:...
I just watched Jerry Norton's new video and he's saying we have to change the structure of the way we wholesale or its illegal because of our intentions to sell it to a cash buyer. I'm new to this and trying to get my...
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I read this article and at the end, the writer said it is better to rent to an illegal immigrant than not to. I have my thoughts but I was wondering what are your thoughts? I'm in the conservative state of Texas but l...
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I spoke to my very first mortgage broker today (referred by a friend) and as soon as we got on the phone I was immediately bombarded with questions about my situation while any question I had about our relationship wa...
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We are new investors and looking to put an offer down on our first property in the next week as a STR. My question is for tax purposes, are we hurting ourselves in terms of the qualification of materially participati...
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First, here is some background on this deal. My wife and I are new investors located in Houston. This is the second home that we have rehabbed. I thought we made every mistake in the book on the first house, but aft...
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There are posters on this board with the knowledge I need to make a decision and I'm ready to pull the plug. I want the pros and cons on my dilemma.
On free and clear property, is fire insurance a good or bad ...
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Hey BP community!On my never ending quest for more wealth I have been led here, to apartment real estate investing. So much wealth in the world created by real estate through the power of leverage and scale, I had to ...
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I've read a few posts regarding credit repair. I went into a bit of debt while in college. I was hoping to hear others' perspective on paying for credit repair. For one, I do not know the costs of what it would take t...
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I have two partners that are interested in investing some cash to act as our own hard money fund for rehabs (to resell and hold). We own our investment company equally but their money is going to be a "side car" so t...