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For at least half of nearly forty years life I've lived and invested in property within a block or short walk to the beach in South Florida, Southern California, Southern Oregon and Northern Baja Mexico. For the bulk ...
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Hi All, I am a real estate investor from San Jose, CA. I am exploring various markets to invest in for long term buy and hold rentals. My strategy is to invest in markets with strong future appreciation potential and ...
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Does anyone use billboards or large signs at busy intersections to pull seller leads? I actually have one that I created using a small trailer and had a 4 x 6 sign built on it with "we buy houses" on it. It costed me ...
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I was just wondering today about the possibility of "business hacking" - whereby an entrepreneur that needs office/retail/commercial space to operate his/her business might buy a small office piece of commercial real ...
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Just wanted to share my observations with my BP family with regard to my experience with a Real Estate Guru Organization.I initially started out by attending a free 2-hour seminar, where they gave you very general inf...
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For BRRR, after a property is renovated, they can approach a lender to do a cash out refi. Does the lender evaluate based on ARV? or Purchase Price + Repair cost only? Also is there any restriction like time period (a...
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Hey everybody! So I'm new but I've been looking at properties in Seattle, especially in Belltown. There's an apartment complex that I want to keep my eye on for the coming years... but a question popped into my head w...
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Hello all-Would I be able to purchase a fix and flip project with 1031 proceeds? Below is just an example of a scenario.Original purchase price of rental home is $425K$400K loan balance$500K sale$15K closing costs$85K...
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I am actively looking to buy a lake front property in Hiawassee, GA area. This would be our second home and also a short term rental. I have four long term rentals that I self manage. But this would be my first short ...
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I am just getting started managing 7 units. What sites/software does anyone recomentd to collect rent, anyone have like a template of an excell sheet I can use to get organized? I feel like I'm kinda chasing my tail h...