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Recently my husband and I jumped head first in to being REI's and landlords. We've been looking for a couple of years for something to invest in, but he's not a fan of properties which need significant work and we hav...
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In todays market what’s the average cost per square to build in the Houston area. I know that’s kind of a vague question but I’m looking to build 1100sqft house. 2 bed 2 bath. Not too complex of a design. I will do th...
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Hey house hacking community, I've been active on these forums for a while and finally getting ready to purchase my first house hack within the next 3 months. My goal is to save on my living expenses and pay less than ...
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Hello all...I've been reading BP for a while and joined about a week ago. My wife and I live and work in the middle of Silicon Valley. We are originally from Texas and we own a SFR in Las Vegas that is rented (with a...
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We know that HCOL cities have high rent, high property taxes, and high prices for everything. This year, my Slack acquaintance couple purchased a $2.6 million 3bedroom condo apartment in Greenwich Village, Manhattan w...
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28 ways to build a buyers list
1. Craigslist.com - You look in 3 different places on Craigslist. First you check Housing, "real estate for sale" in you...
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Hello BP community,
I am an out-of-state newbie investor with a rental that is currently on the market in Bluffton SC. I have posted the listing on all major sites like Zillow, FB marketplace, apartments.com, Craigsl...
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Hello BP community. I’m at the point where I’m really want to take action on getting my first investment property.We have quite a bit of equity in our residential property so we were thinking about refinancing and usi...
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Hi BP community,I just got under contract and planning to purchase my second turnkey property in ohio from out of state. I’m still very new to all of this and how everything works. But I’ll be reaching out to the sell...
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A few months ago I was given pre-approval to be a home "much more expensive than the one I was looking at" according to the lender.So I made an offer on a house and did all the inspections and was close to closing whe...