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Would you consider college to be essential when going into a field such as real estate?
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I currently reside in Des Moines, IA and aim to purchase small multi family properties 4-20 units. I believe that Des Moines is a great market but many others are also starting to notice and invest here. Because of th...
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I curiously joined BP on Dec. 30 last year, knowing nothing about investing in real estate.
Four months later, using the wisdom I found here, my husband and I just signed papers on our first investment house. The...
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How do you guys usually go about making sure your lender doesn't have a problem with you transferring a property into an LLC or other entity? From what I understand this usually is never really a problem but is there ...
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I'm trying to understand what options I have to gather more information regarding an abandoned home in a neighboring town. The house has been vacant for a couple years and is in a nice neighborhood (values around $40...
Is there a difference between the two?
If the loan terms were the same, would you be more likely to work with a private lender or a hard money lender?
Hard money lenders use private money, so to my mind they are the...
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Good morning,I'm a landlord with 1 property. It's a 4 bdrm and rents for $1950/month. I have been paying $135/month to a property management company and as far as I can tell, all they do is collect the rent, keep th...
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