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Hello BP Community!I live in Chicago and have had an interest in real estate for many years.Four years ago, my spouse and I purchased a three-flat in the Lincoln Square neighborhood, moved in, rented the other two uni...
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I'm looking to move into commercial multifamily in the near future and curious about a few things. With there being several barriers to entry, coming up with a large down payment being one of them, I'm wondering how m...
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Just doing due diligence here. I'd like to hear from anyone who has used Seabury Investments LLC as a private money lender, both positive and negative experiences. They have a nice package of loan options, but I'm alw...
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I have purchased a house. Filed the deed in Allegheny County. I own it out right, no mortgage.
3/1 in Quaker Valley School District. ARV$120K or conservatively speaking $100K is a no brainer and where I have run my ...
Hello all,I recently sold an online company I started 8+ years ago. After taxes I am ending up with roughly ~$6m. I am looking to purchase in cash initially and then refinance. I've been looking at multifamily buildin...
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I am in the process of starting a short term rental consulting company offering the services of str marketing strategies, how to manage your own rental, how to find the right property management company, finding the r...
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I have an urgent decision that I could use help on... My wife and I bought an 11,000 ft² Warehouse space and have white boxed it. It appraises for $800,000 and as of today we have about $550,000 into it with renovatio...
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I am a SF investor looking for the first time at multi-family. The property in question is a block of 18 1BR condominiums currently being operated as apartments. They are part of a tranche of ~40 condominiums that t...
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Hi,We're purchasing our first property to turn into an AirBNB and were wondering if anyone new of a good resource / checklist of all the things we'll need to buy for it, from setting up WIFI to can-openers. Any good ...
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I see a lot of questions about financing and starting out and thought this would be a good discussion to start.
Like the subject says, how did you finance you first deal?