For the past few years I've house hacked and have a background in real estate sales, lending, and property management. I'm not an expert, however I'm certainly not new to investing. A close friend of mine approached m...
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We had a tenant leave our rental property in May of this year. We received about $5,000 in gross rent. The tenant trashed the property and we had to spend about $8,000 on repairs. Including new paint ($4,400) an...
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Hi everyone,
Newbie here to the Bigger Pockets forums, and have a question regarding Gift of Equity.
My parents own a small mixed use building and we are in very early stage conversations about selling it to me f...
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Hi All!
New member here from the Bay Area. My wife and I are looking to start a real estate investment business on the side. For right now we're focusing on vacuuming up as much knowledge as possible and tryi...
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Hello fellow BP members. I've had a chance to explore the site over the last few days and now wanted to make my introduction to you all!My name is Matt Dorsten, I have been a commercial broker in Denver now for about...
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Hello BP!Fairly new to real estate investing, just bought a condo this past year with my girlfriend (and not looking forward to doing my taxes) and am currently in the "save money for additional investment while I lea...
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pHello Everyone, I'm name is Charles and I'm currently located in Cincinnati, OH. I new to R.E. and I'm looking for help and ways to get started. My credit is not so good so I'm willing to save up my personal money to...
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Hello everyone,My name is Andrew Sampino, I'm a fresh out of college 22 year old Engineer looking to get into rental property investing. I discovered the BiggerPockets podcast a couple weeks ago and have been hooked e...
In Massachusetts is it necessary to provide my tenants with my phone number, or could I just give them my email and mailing address? I’ve tried searching for the answer, and I know I have to provide them with a mailin...
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Hello all! My name is Steve Christensen and I am from St. Louis, MO, excited to be a part of this community. I have to admit right off the bat that I joined this site in Sep/2014, very cautious and am just now introdu...