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I have a couple properties that I am currently looking at in my area and when I went to my lender to get preapproved heres sort of what happened. The lender pre-approved me for a certain amount based on a rent rate es...
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Anyone have any experience using a self-directed IRA account to invest real estate?Please share your experience and tips.
Also which custodian do recommend to open the account with?
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Since I get almost daily messages regarding small multi-family opportunities in Charlotte and find myself repeating much of the same information on the phone during intro calls, I figured I would go ahead and put my e...
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Hello everyone, what is your thought on ADUs? or efficiencies? I was thinking of turning my garage into an ADU for variation of a house hack but Im uncertain of it since its kind of a newer area for me. Has anyone don...
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I'm curious - besides the obvious (licensed, bonded, insured, reliable), what in your opinion, as a flip or buy and hold investor, makes a stellar contractor or construction firm? Think about the contractors and firms...
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Hi All, So I think I found a duplex to invest in Clark County, Ohio (My first investment...and out of state to add to it!).Just wanted to get everyone's thoughts and opinions prior to writing the offer. Please let me ...
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Title says it all. Let's say someone gave you one million dollars to invest in cash-flowing rental properties today (Aug 2016), and you're only allowed to use the money to buy multis in one city. What city in the US d...
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Hi,As I understand, the inheritance tax that a foreigner has to pay to inherit a property from another foreigner is 40% from the excess in the market value of $60k of the inherited rental property located in the US.To...
Firstly, I'm pretty new to the BiggerPockets community and excited to learn about real estate!My current intent is to find a duplex to live in and rent the other half in order to reduce my monthly rent expenses and ev...
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Hi everyone,
Before the story I’ll cut to the chase (and you can read the story if you want)...
Anyone have experience improving the MFR appraisal to maybe bump the value some?
I have a small multi family (26 unit...