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Hello Investors!
I'm thrilled to be part of the BP community. Recently, my husband and I sold our home in TX with one objective - to kick off our real estate investment journey. Our youngest is off to college, leadin...
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"Tax-free refinance" is commonly touted as a great tax benefit of real estate. Is it true? Yes and no.1. The concept of BRRRR cash-out refi.It is the 3rd "R" in the notorious BRRRR idea: buy-rehab-rent-refinance-repea...
Let me start by apologizing for how this post is going to go a million directions at once.
I began looking into real estate investing at age 16, and fell in love. I learn quickly and love spending hours learning abo...
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Hello all, I have never invested with a partner before but looking at possibly doing it in the near future. I have lots of questions on how it would work, we agreed we would go 50/50 split all expenses. If we invest i...
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Hi Everyone,I'm Ben Vandorn from Anchorage, AK. I've been investing for 5 years and currently own & self-manage multifamily rental units. I've been mainly focused on buy & hold in my home market, but am intere...
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I've found different lenders calculate DTI ratio when it comes to rental income differently.Some lenders take rental income (or a percentage thereof), subtract the mortgage amount, and then add the result to either th...
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I'm currently in the process of beginning my real estate investing journey. I've been doing a lot of preparation work such as putting together the tools need to scan and find good deals, screen tenants, secure source...
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Hello,I will be closing on my first investment property in a few weeks in Buffalo NY and looking to acquire more in 2025 in different states (ohio, PA, Michigan), being a Florida resident, which state should I create ...
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Hey guys, my name is Andrew and I am brand spanking new to this whole real estate investing world. Here is my situation:I started a landscaping/ lawn care business 7 years ago and just sold it because me and my wife w...
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If there's one thing I learnt from the massive crash of CRE in 2023(and 2024) is that "Do not become passive investors". WHen you are passive investor, you become the dumb money , your money is being misused or misman...