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Hello everyone,I’m currently looking home to purchase in the next year or so somewhere in South Florida (considering both east and west coast) as a second part time home as well as a vacation rental to cover the hold...
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With so much speculation about the market and its direction, are you waiting on the sidelines, ready to pounce, or are you still pushing forward with conservative underwriting regardless of what the market does?
Has anyone heard of investing in residential treatment facilities (group homes)? These facilities would offer services to adults with disabilities like mental retardation or down syndrome. Supposedly, Medicaid reimbur...
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I have recently paid off my loans for my rental properties and I'm starting to accumulate cash (I took it out of the S&P 500 ETF when it was at 3300, now at 2300, predicting this massive stock drop would happen **...
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Hi BPI have been relentlessly trying to get a grip on a few of the hot markets in Florida. Particularly Orlando, Tampa Bay & Jacksonville. I find myself going around in circles and haven't yet deciphered which mar...
I know this has probably been asked a million times, but are any of the gurus actually worth it? I get the impression that the $100 course is always a sales pitch for the $1,000 course, which is a pitch for the $10,0...
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I've been looking into ways of getting into real estate by doing short sales with banks as my first avenue to get started. I guess I would be considered a "bird dog." This would be to get me started. The whole fore...
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I'm a newbie, and for my first investment I'm gearing towards an out of State STR, where I can also use as a vacation home and depending where I'm at in my life, retire there. Is an STR a bad idea as a first investmen...
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Hello, I live in Dallas TX and have been eager to get into the investing game. I am currently under contract for the first time on a Duplex in Lower Greenville. The location is the BEST - three blocks away from all th...
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I just spoke to a person claiming to be a wholesaler about a property that he's offering. He wanted a $1000 deposit to view the property. Half was non-refundable. He said this was to avoid bothering tenants with peopl...