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I'm new to investment but spending a lot of time on market and deal analysis. I am ready to buy but so far - even in markets where you can still pick a home up in an appreciating market for $250K - I am struggling to ...
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Hi! I'm a new member trying to decide whether to sell a rental property and would appreciate any opinions.
The property is a SFR in San Francisco. It has 2/1 upstairs in the main house and 2/1 downstairs as a...
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My relative died and left his fairly new home to my mother, and we were wondering whether to Airbnb or rent it out. She is very stubborn and says she’s tired of maintaining and paying the bills every month, she is eag...
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Hi All,I was wondering are you still using the 1% rule when doing quick and dirty new deal analysis? Is anyone out there still able to achieve the 1% rule and in which markets?Recently I noticed I get to 0.7 or 0.8% a...
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Reposting this in a bigger forum for feedback:I own 7 condos in a complex close to a local college. They were all bought for under 100k and are worth 150k now. My uncle who invests in property says I should post 2 of ...
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Hi Guys! I am planning to buy a duplex using FHA loan so I can make a downpayment of 3.5%. Is it possible to keep the one unit vacant and not live in there? I just want to have the benefits of the low downpayment. (ho...
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Hello all - Newbie here. I'm under contract on a home I'm buying to live in and Airbnb the attached In-Law suite. The listing agent wrote that the house was 4,000 sq in his description, and the mls listing indicated 4...
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I have two goals for this post:Increase awareness of the issueFind ways to decrease the chances of this happeningNote: I'm not an attorney. Just an investor. Several weeks ago I read a post on FB about someone who got...
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Hello Everyone!
In today's newsletter Brandon put it out there that maybe we should set up a local BiggerPockets Real Estate Meetup and I thought that, that was a FABULOUS idea!
I have looked into REIA meeting times...
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Do you have a standard percentage you use for evaluating a rental property...I feel comfortable with 10% across the board...any thoughts?VacancyCapXRepairs...Thanks