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Good morning, I am looking to invest into real estate starting with my VA loan. I’m just wondering what are the best cities to invest in? And what are some tips you would recommend for beginners?
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What up everyone,I’m ready to get pre approved and start looking for properties in philly and I’ve heard it’s best to shop for lenders. Was thinking of finding one credit union, one broker and on bank and reach out al...
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My wife and I just finished a big project I have been working on for the last eight months. I wanted to share it with the Asheville area. We currently have a mixture of long term and short term rentals but this projec...
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Hi BP Nation,
Thank you in advance for reading my post. You have been great all along!!!
So I might have been unlucky and gotten one of tenants from hell.
Situation
First, my tenants decided to make alterations...
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Greetings Countrymen(& women), There might be lot of other posts pertaining to this subject I did read most of them but things have changed due to COVID 19 ( I believe). Pardon me for asking typical newbie questi...
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Investment Info:
Small multi-family (2-4 units) other investment in Lakewood.
Purchase price: $410,000
Cash invested: $17,000
We made a mistake on this purchase. We are negative on our numbers. It's ...
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Hi BP nation! Here is my story and the numbers on my first deal since joining BP. I started looking for buy-and-hold properties back in the summer; specifically, small, multi-families. With the help of an investor...
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Hi All,
We just started a c-corp to take advantage of ROBS capability, and I'm doing some basic research on cash vs. accrual method for accounting. For a rehabbing business it may not make much difference du...
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Hello everyone,I'm Jeff, I'm Thirty-two with a beautiful five year old daughter with my also beautiful girlfriend. I am new to bigger pockets, real estate investing and looking for pointers to make my first investment...
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We recently bought a house, after getting two foundation bids, a stinker with cut floor joints. This added another 10k to the rehab and killed the deal for us. How do you guys protect yourselves from this? We talke...