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Greetings from Seattle! I live in the shoreline area of Seattle with my husband and have been listening to the bigger pockets podcast for months now as well as reading as much as I can about real estate (can you say...
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So I was in a hotel the other day with my wife on a trip. I got to noticing the room we were staying in had carpet squares. They looked half decent. It got me to thinking if there was a spill or some sort of damage al...
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Hi guys. I just want to know (especially from the seasoned vets in the Lehigh county area) how in demand are apartments in the Allentown, PA, especially center city area? I know it is considered a war zone but that do...
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As some of you may know there's a large development in the suburbs of Portland called "South Hillsboro" that's slated to add something like 8000 residences of all types (mix of SFH and multis). This will expand the ci...
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Hi Everyone, When Covid started and my office closed for a few weeks I decided I was going to learn about 2 things, Real Estate Investing and buying and selling stocks, calls and puts. Several books, hundreds of hours...
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Hey everyone,I thought this was an interesting picture that supposedly shows the top cities that will have the most rent growth this year. Not surprised to see Indianapolis in the top 5. Indy has seen very steady rent...
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In my rentals I frame a generic welcome letter and place it somewhere visible for the guest when they enter my house. This "system" needs an overhaul as it's a little bit of a pain and sometimes due to cancellations ...
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Hey everyone,Just wanted to introduce myself to the BP community.I have not yet begun my REI journey yet but I have known this was on my path since I was in college. I intend to invest in buy & hold rental multi-...
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Hey Everyone,There has been some good discussion about Gastonia lately, particularly in this thread started by @Johnny Szeto. While there has been some excellent discussion and some anecdotal evidence shared by @Ty...
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Starting my search for $100k or less properties that adhere to 2% rule. Here's a list of areas where I speculate could meet this criteria:Indianapolis, Cincy, Cleveland, St Louis, Tulsa, Grand Rapids, Milwaukee, Pit...