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Hello everyone,
I am fairly new to real estate investing, and I wanted to get people's opinion on direct mail marketing and competition. I recently did a mail campaign, and only got about .5% response rate. I...
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Hi BP community! I've been doing some research on land lord friendly states where the cost of entry into an investment property is relatively low (I live in NYC so I'm comparing prices to my local market). I've landed...
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Hey folks!I'm putting together some "scripts" for BiggerPockets members (and my own REI Business!) and I'm wondering what your best method is for rejecting sellers. Here's what I mean:You get a phone call, and the sel...
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Hi, I'm paying for a 30 minute consultation with an attorney at Mark J. Kohler firm next week and would like to know your experience with this firm. I'm considering restructuring my rentals, the goal is asset protecti...
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When you start investing in real estate how do you go about picking a strategy? Are your end goals the biggest decision maker when deciding wether you want to fix and flip, use BRRR, buy and hold? After deciding you...
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The community has offered amazing advice on my last 2 threads. I had to post again. - Self eviction? Convincing someone to leave? Cash 4 keys offer? Changing locks after they haven’t even been living in the home for a...
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I am about to start a direct mail marketing campaign to possible motivated sellers with a budget of around 2k. Should I lean more towards prefer closures with equity or vacant? Or how would you disperse those funds in...
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I’m am having a hard time creating a plan for getting started on my real estate business. I feel I don’t know enough information to feel confident enough to guide someone in the process of buying or selling real estat...
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What is a safer bet, investing in commercial buildings, or investing in residential properties. If you become a local landlord to shops in a town, would that be better then if you had homes there?
Thank you.
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I think most of BP would disagree with Ramsey's advice about real estate and debt, but there is one bullet here that states "Real estate should only be about 5% of your portfolio." I understand (but don't agree with) ...