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I have been going back and forth trying to decide where to look for our first deal. Narrowed it down to two areas: one with great schools, a very desirable to live Ellicott City, MD, expensive also; and second - immed...
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I have my first buy and hold under renovations currently and I’ll be the first to say it is not a home run deal. Nevertheless, I have been learning a lot. With that said, I have been working on developing some metrics...
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https://dealcheck.io/s/-MN4Ohc...It seems like 12. 9%coc, 403 CF, area b-c, 1.3% rent/price but are the comps accurate?
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Do you guys only buy in good areas?Does anybody buy in bad areas or below average areas?For instance, property is close to "druggies " area....An appraiser came to a unit and there is a passed out tenant on the couch....
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Hi Everyone,
Looking to invest in real estate (rental or flip) but I'm facing a couple of challenges-
1) I live in DC and own my home. I have about 200k equity in my current home.
2) I have no debt except for my m...
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I vividly remember looking out of my bedroom window at the gleaming Devon tower in downtown Oklahoma City. We had just finished moving in and my wife and I were still caught up in the glam of living downtown. Our 725 ...
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Hi All!I need some help analyzing this deal and what the best approach is to finance it.So this property is located in New Jersey, in a very good A neighborhood, approx 1hr to get to New York City. It is a 3 family ho...
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Hi BP!,I have been learning a lot lately from the community. Although, I am still in the search for the right first rental property for me, I went ahead and imagine different scenarios in my head.I read multiple discu...
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Hey BP fam newbie here and I was curious how did everyone learn to analyze properties to know whether it was a good deal? I would love to confidently be able to analyze deals so that I can start jumping in. Any book t...
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I am looking to nail down my first lease in Florida. I currently do not have an LLC yet, it's going to take at least another 30 days. I have found I property that I like but don't feel that it will still be available ...