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For those of you who don't mind sharing, I am curious how you go about finding and applying creative finance deals. For example, when you are marketing, do you do so with a particular strategy in mind or do you just h...
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Obviously a wise person would put away 6 months to 1 year of operating expenses for any property. Assuming that one did this, when following the 50% rule, is the property then labeled "self-sufficient?"
If this is t...
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Hi Bigger Pockets Community,I'm brand new to REI and have been consuming as much information as possible over the course of the last few months trying to determine what my strategy should be. Would love any helpful i...
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This quote says a lot about me. First let me begin by saying I am new to the world of real estate and have been learning so much this entire month. I stay up late and wake up early to make time to learn. My inspirati...
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Hi BP community,
Anytime I've googled REI topics or looked for YouTube posts the answers are almost always provided by those who are selling mentorship or coaching REI.
I'm really curious as to the motivation behin...
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99% of the respondents will select 1031 exchange. If you know me very well, you know I march to the beat of a different drummer. I also like to play the contrarian.If I decided to part with one of my 150 unit apartmen...
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I was burnt out. For nearly fifteen years I had worked as a commercial photographer trying to balance art and commerce. I felt like I had failed. The commerce me had killed the creative me. The problem was that fi...
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I've been underwriting deals this week where cash on cash exceeds 12%, but the IRR on a 5 year old is around 10%. This would be an absolute triple net lease outpatient surgical center. For those who have invested (or ...
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Hi Everyone,Many of my contractors and subs seem inconvenienced when I request an an invoice from them before I can remit their payment . I am wondering if I can create an invoice where all they would have to do is ...
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My husband and I recently started our real estate investing journey back in July of this year. We currently have one property, that up until recently was our primary residence. In July we decided to move back to my pa...