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Hey Guys!This is my first time posting an analysis on here, so please let me know if I'm on the right track. It's for a duplex that I plan to live in, but in my calculations I'm renting every unit (so, as if I've mov...
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Hi everyone, I became interested in real estate kind of by accident. My mother very unfortunately and unexpectedly past away in April of last year with a mortgage and a HILOC still on her house, the house I grew up i...
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Hi BP Community!I am new to BP and have been lurking on the forums for a while. I am a recent transplant to Milwaukee (from LA) and looking to put in my first FHA offer in a 2-4 unit in about 2 months so that I can ho...
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Hi All,
My name is Nicole Brodie and I was born and raised in Queens, NY. I am still relatively new to my real estate education but am very excited to join BiggerPockets and introduce myself to this great community! ...
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Hello everyone, rather new to tenant placing. I was wondering what services you all use to do background checks on a tenant? There are several out there and I want to make sure I use a service that is legitimate. Any ...
Just opened my first SD-IRA for REI, deposited 2017's $5500, and converted to Roth. Plan to do this again in 2018. It'll be maybe a few more years until I have enough in there to buy a turnkey rental (our primary RE...
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Hello fellow members! I recently posted “To Evict, Or Not To Evict?”, and I have ultimately decided from
the responses to begin the Eviction process. How do I begin the Eviction process? Will an Eviction go on my ‘rec...
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Not nearly as extreme as Vancouver BC, a 2.5 hour to the north in Canada but still...its to the point of unaffordable for your average family. I once remember looking at a fixer on top of queen ann hill a house that w...
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Hi there,
I'm getting ready to make a few offers on properties in Connecticut that have sellers agents, but I do not have an agent.
How do I go about doing this? Do I work with the sellers agent directly? I'm not ...
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Has anyone used a self-directed IRA to fund real estate deals? If so, what company would you recommend? And, has anyone had experience with Equity Trust out of West Lake, Ohio?