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What strategies do you use, if any, to avoid confirmation bias? It is so easy to just read up on things that confirm my viewpoint and avoid counterarguments that challenge my beliefs on a given market, strategy, prop...
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Hi,Is it required to have commercial RE agent represent buyer?How can investor find good real estate agent who can find property and represent buyer?
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I have a property that is built with I joist as the structural floors. There is a cathedral ceiling in the living room which sits off the kitchen and I want to hang a Jhula swing from the joist that span the section b...
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While replying to another thread about family size, I was reminded of two separate incidents regarding size of another nature.The first was a few years ago when I showed a vacant 2BR/1BA house to woman who had called ...
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We just purchased a very small (825 sq ft) SFR (Fix-N-Rent) in a C neighborhood with 5 layers of shingles on the roof and it has obviously been this way for at least a few years. I know you should only have up to 2 l...
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So I have a friend that recently bought a duplex in a C/D area of town that I happen to know well. The property came at a very significant discount from a tired landlord and the majority of the deferred maintenanc...
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Who should I contact about determining how much weight a deck space is rated for? Thank you in advance for any insight.
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Hi, my name is William i'm 20 years old, I'm new to BiggerPockets and i'm sort of a new investor. I say "sort of" because all though I am new ( Within this concluding year i've been studying, cold calling, and i've al...
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I'm looking at a modular where the 3 tab shingle roof was replaced with a dimensional/heritage type shingle. That has caused (I believe) a significantly greater weight on the roof structure and it is sagging a bit now...
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Hello,Does anyone have any hard money lenders in the Salem, OR area they would recommend? I want to compare terms/rates & options of a few different lenders...Thanks!