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Hi All,I want to first start out by saying thank you to the many of you that I have had the chance to connect with through Bigger Pockets, both over lunch/coffee and here online.With that being said, over the past two...
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hey all,curious as to know how much capital you started out with when you first began REI, particularly in relation to what your first property cost, the downpayment, and how things played out with it (cashflow, how q...
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I have to replace the roof on one of my properties and received a quote from a roofer. He sent me a copy of his insurance, but he doesn’t have a license because him and his partner split (the license was with the old ...
Since 2016, I bought (with the intention of keeping) 16 doors in Buffalo, NY. I live in a foreign country, and depended on a property manager to manage my portfolio. After 5 years of abuse, miscalculations, grossly ...
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I went to look at a potential flip this afternoon. The house is in great shape other than the fact that the whole house is covered in a layer of mold! At first when I step in, I thought it was just dirty, so the fl...
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Back in Feb '15 I purchased a beautiful 3 story brick office building. Quick Facts:Year built - 2007 - bank owned in 2009 - vacant for last 5 yearstotal sq ft - 10,000Build cost - $800kpurchase price - $230kReno cost ...
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I am currently negotiating a purchase of a victorian 4-plex.
The pros:
Amazing location in one of Portland's hottest neighborhoods.
Immediate upside potential-rents could handle a 20% increas w no improvements; 30...
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Hey BP community. I have a question about what financial information to include in a real estate business plan if I have not yet started any deals or projects. I currently have listed: an asset and liabilities stateme...
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I am attempting to lay out my financial path to semi-retirement (i.e. leaving my current w2 for something less time consuming/more enjoyable) within 10 years or less.I can identify my family's spending now and what I ...
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Hi everyone first off very excited to be on here and excited to learn more about real estate investing. My situation is kinda weird as I started out in real estate about 1 year ago, I got into short-term rentals and h...