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I am new to real estate investing but I have really enjoyed Bigger Pockets. I feel like it is actually possible to invest, even though is seems hard in Southern California.
I guess I am nervous that I will do too mu...
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Hi folks,
My wife and I are planning to buy our first property in Seattle. The property is around 50k over our budget but we plan to offset the additional cost through Airbnb. Anyway, the question I have for this gro...
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We have had bad luck with dishwashers leaking and the tenants not telling us. Are dishwashers necessary? I am thinking of pulling all of them when the respective tenants leave.
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I'm sure this question has been asked a hundred times, but I recently purchased a duplex in May with a 7.125% rate. Now that it appears rates are coming down in the near(ish) future, what is a general rule of thumb on...
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What is recommended to do to prepare for when you meet the BPO agent? Other than comps. Do you guys actually have a contractor give a repair estimate? Anything else? How do you package it and p...
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Hi BP,I came across this company (link below) while looking for some lower risk investments. They are promising 6%-9% on promissory notes backed by their RE projects and it looks a little too good to be true. Does any...
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Hi all!@Kyle Jorgensen and I have partnered together to go driving for dollars and we are having success with finding properties. We've sent out our first batch of yellow letters just a few weeks ago. Now thinking abo...
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Hey everyone,I have been in the real estate game for awhile but mainly only do rentals. As time goes by the idea of notes seems like a nice niche to look into. The whole idea of getting started in notes is a bit con...
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I just experience my first guru event and I am feeling very confused, complacent, and frustrated. I went to this event with absolutely no intentions on signing up, because of what I learned from listening to the bigg...
Hi Everyone!I currently live in San Francisco and own a 1bd/1ba condo outright. I love it here and am a California native, but my "dream" is to buy, flip, and hold properties and it doesn't seem like California is a g...