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Having been around since the very early 80's, I've seen a few real estate cycles. I'll freely admit that I did not foresee the extent of the recent collapse. I saw a decline/correction coming, beginning in 2003 - wh...
Purchased a 3-unit in Pennsylvania October 2018 that was fully occupied and leases in place. Rents were paid a little late in November and mostly on time for December, except for one unit. He texts me today and says h...
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Hello BP! This is a question I have and any opinion is welcomed in this forum post. I just wanted to know the different ways that a note investor can lose in a note investment deal. In this case, I'm mainly talking...
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Hello BP family, what have you found to be the best way to collect rent? I'm closing on my first deal soon and currently some of the tenants have paid cash through PayNearMe. But that service is not available to sole ...
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I don't like the idea of accepting tenants with lots of outstanding judgments. My rationale is that if they already owe someone else money, I probably won't get paid if I end up evicting them and holding a judgment a...
Do I have to buy in cash if purchasing from a county auction? What type of loan could I get?
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Hey All,I have a background in Civil Engineering working for around 40 years doing land development, floodplains, and waste management work, among other things. I stopped for a while to do life coaching and energy wor...
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First of all....Thank you for your answers and your experience!
I am using an investor and he has offered to go to any financial institution and get a loan and/or line of credit to help me grow our money.
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Please share any successful principle reduction situation you experienced. Is this really possible? Bringing down loan balance to current market value?
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Hi BP members, My name is Quang Nguyen and live in the Greater Toronto Area. I found BiggerPockets actually from an interview from another Podcast The Top Entrepreneurs. After that I started listening to the BP podcas...