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Hi everyone, I am very excited to be here. I have wanted to try real estate investing for awhile, and I have decided the time is now to get out there and make things happen. I have one rental property that I am g...
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Hey, I am new here to BP and am looking on buying my first duplex to live in and rent out the other side. I am wanting to know if I should jump in now or wait for the market to cool off a little. My original plan was ...
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What software are you using for short-term rentals and why? We are looking at Guestly, Hostaway, Zeevou - and are open to other suggestions. We only have 1 now but hope to have 5 in the next few months.
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I heard a podcast where I decided to reach out to the guest investor as he touched on a topic that was informative to what I needed. He said it would be $300 for the first hour and that he would help me with the entir...
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So my last post on BP, I was asking for advice purchasing a very old rental in a D area.. Since then, I've saved some cash and reevaluated. I've found a really clean triplex 1 city over, more then I wanted to spend b...
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Not sure if this is in the right place, since it's not a true BRRRR, but it closely resembles that...I own a rental in the Pensacola, Florida area (I live in Ohio, it used to be my primary residence over 10 years ago)...
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I'm curious to know if reaching out to friends and family for a private loan is generally a good or a bad idea.
If you do bring them in, what sort of interest rates and repayment structure do you offer?Thanks in adv...
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Hello, new member here with a question about financing a flip. I'm giving myself a year to build my credit, save some money, and finish my personal home flip before I purchase my first investment property and tryin...
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After meeting several neighbors around my new property, I wanted a way to capture names, addresses, phone numbers and some notes about the people.
To do that, I did a screen capture in Google Maps after zoomi...
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I currently live in London and have some money in the U.S. I'll need to buy a personal residence and cars when I return in July 2016. My question is should I loan this to a business partner who wants to complete a fli...