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I have a client who is considering investing in an empty lot in Detroit. People are under the impression they will make a fortune holding on to these empty lots, but I am not so sure. There is of course taking into ac...
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I am extremely fortunate to have found this site. I have been reading different topics and blogs on BP since last week, and there is great deal of information that will be extremely helpful as I begin investing/wholes...
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Hello BP community,
I was talking to my contractor about a property I am looking to purchase in Northwest Philly.
Purchase Price $35k
Repairs $30k
ARV $90k
He could be interested in pu...
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Well again I got another story and not sure how to handle this. Flooring is a couple years old and in very good to excellent shape before they moved in. They moved out and left a big chunk taken out of the vinyl floor...
Hi All,New investor here. I live in NYC and have decided to begin my real estate investment career in the Twin Cities. Having gone to school there, I’m fairly familiar with the area and believe there is great opport...
Hello everyone, I am new here, and am still trying to figure out whether investing in my area, southern New Jersey, is worth the trouble.Any help would be appreciated.My strategy is to acquire long term rentals on si...
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Hi all!First time starting a post on BP and new to REI. I have been researching Private Lending options and resources to use for BRRRR, but am hitting a walk on grasping loan structures that are feasible to a PL. I r...
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I’ve started to build ground-up multi-units for myself and its been a painfully long to get to completion with all these new requirements. So I started looking for other options if I want to keep doing this. A new f...
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Hello all!Typically when I am analyzing STR deals my most efficient way to find out if a property will cash flow well or not I use the 15% rule. This is where the revenue for the property needs to be 15% or more of th...
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Anyone have opinions on what would be an appropriate discount rate to apply to a lease valuation?Subject lease is a new, 30 year lease for a 15,000 sf building with Walgreen's as a tenant.Comments appreciated.