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Hello everyone,I recently started my journey to my first investment property. I am at the point of trying to narrow down a lender and I thought before I made a decision, I can listen to the advice of anyone willing to...
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Investment Info:
Single-family residence buy & hold investment.
We found this amazing home during a 4-day property search trip to North Idaho. We spent 2 days looking at properties in the Sandpoint, Idah...
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I recently got the idea to go exempt all year on my W2 job and pay no state or federal tax. Save all that extra money & then use that extra income to buy a duplex. Using the cash flow from the duplex to pay back t...
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Hello BP,I am switching to the commercial real estate investing side and am looking to find brokers in my South Florida area to connect with.Besides using LoopNet, referrals, and Google Search, what are other ways to ...
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Hello!I'm already a few years into a single family home house hack where I rent out some rooms. As I listen to pod casts and do more research I realized I need a separate account to keep things happy with Uncle Sam. I...
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My fiance and I purchased and flipped our first property last year. We doubled our investment at closing (75k invested 150k sold) and realized this is something we really enjoyed doing. Another property came to us by ...
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Greetings all - after years of success with Cozy, Apartments.com has completely failed with one of my two tenants, and is not helping after numerous emails to customer support. I need a new electronic rent collection ...
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I’m using 203k financing to purchase a property in Alexandria, VA and I don’t know how or where I can find 203k certified GCs. If any one have more info and experience with 203k financing please reach out. I would gre...
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Hi Guys,Looking for good ways to keep on top of budget vs. actual when it comes to rehab projects. Would be very useful to look at while at various stages of a rehab as well as end of year comparisons.Any recommendati...
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Hey everyone,
Can anyone provide any information like pros and cons of using a self directed IRA to purchase real estate? Also, if you have worked with any reputable companies and had good experiences, can you please...