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Hello BiggerPockets,I'm new and looking to get into my first investment property. I'm looking to do a traditional house with a small multi-family in the Bay Area. Since Oakland has a significant number of these proper...
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Happy 4th everyone!
I'm in the process of rehabbing a house, I should
Be done with it in a bout 2 months. I plan on selling it and I want to buy two houses with that profit. One for me and my wife to live in and th...
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Hi BP. I am not really a RE investor, I'm just a first time home owner and now first time home seller. I'm hoping that with the wealth of knowledge of RE on this forum, someone with more experience could give me some ...
Hi all. New here. I am interested in figuring out what to do with the property I have and how to best allocate some funds as investments. I am an agent and a live-on-site landlord in a three-flat in the ever ridiculou...
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Just like many of you here, eventually I would like to own several properties and eventually be able to live off of them. One of the things that I have been told is to make sure I do not touch my principal. Can someon...
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I live in NC, have one house that I rent, my (now former PM) had to evict the tenant which has cost me over $3k in repairs and 3 months lost rent, so far. Anyway, a neighbor just called to tell me that the tenant tha...
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Hey all,In the thread below we are discussing what the requirement is for owner occupying an FHA 3.5% down loan. I am saying 1 year, but I have some others claiming you can move out after 6 months because the they say...
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Hi,My name is Mike and I've been lurking around on BP for quite a while now and am ready to start my RE ventures. I've lived at the beach in Newport Beach, CA for 24 years as a renter, the last 12 or so waiting/hopin...
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I'm in the process of buying a side by side duplex. It has 2 nice bedrooms on the second floor with closets and a third small room for an office or a baby's room. It has a full bath on the second floor but no bathroom...