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Hello there everyone, I am new to BP and RE investing in general. I realize this has been posted in multiple iterations before but hey, everyone's situation is unique!I am in the Austin, TX area, preparing for my firs...
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Hello,
My purpose of getting into real estate is to help rebuild my community. There are so many homes that are boarded up and foreclosed. I want to rebuild homes, update them and get people living in better conditio...
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Hi,I am looking into Realtyshares and found interesting investment in Texas.https://www.realtyshares.com/investments/slate-apa...I am not very sure what will be real return but16~19% projection sounds attractive.Is th...
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I have an FHA loan on a duplex where I live already. I am wanting to start preparing for my second deal. I have heard different things about conventional loans.What percentage down payment should I prepare for? (I ha...
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Hi Every oneI know that for new Investors may not be too good invest outside of state but I have a Friend in Reading PA he don't know nothing about real Estate inventing but from his point of view he say that the hous...
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Hello again good people! I wanted to get input from you on investing in lower income urban neighborhoods. Some call these places "the hood", "the ghetto" or "war zones". In Lansing, we really don't have ghettos or war...
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I am a new wholesaler working my way down a list of property owners that I obtained through public record. I have the name and address of the owners but no phone number. I have been using fastpeoplesearch.com to try t...
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Hi,
Does anyone know a book I could buy, that would explain how to obtain an option and buy a judgment for a dollar? Then sell it to other interested investors? There is a real estate guru that markets this i...
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I am in grad school in the east looking at a triplex in Iowa. Its across the street from a small private school that is buying houses all around it. It has been fully renovated, windows, siding, roof, inside etc. It i...
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Hello REI'ers!
Anyone who is really working this business has to be about as excited about todays market as a child at the gates of Disney Land!
People, we are about to enter into one of the greatest real estate pu...