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All Forum Posts by: Jane George

Jane George has started 13 posts and replied 58 times.

Post: Setting Up Solo 401k

Jane GeorgePosted
  • Residential Real Estate Agent
  • Fort Worth, TX
  • Posts 59
  • Votes 17

This is a great thread! So informative! Thank you @Mike McDermott for your excellent insight and direction!

Post: Problems logging in with Firefox to BiggerPockets

Jane GeorgePosted
  • Residential Real Estate Agent
  • Fort Worth, TX
  • Posts 59
  • Votes 17

Hi @Dawn Anastasi

Yes, I have the most recent version, but I'm also using Windows 8. It's rather quirky, so I'm wondering if that may be contributing to the problem as well.

Post: Problems logging in with Firefox to BiggerPockets

Jane GeorgePosted
  • Residential Real Estate Agent
  • Fort Worth, TX
  • Posts 59
  • Votes 17

I cannot login to BiggerPockets through Firefox. When I try, the browser wants to direct me to another page. I click on "allow" but I get caught in the same loop of not being able to login though that browser. Anyone else have this problem? Can anyone offer some insight?

Post: Approach to investing in lower income areas

Jane GeorgePosted
  • Residential Real Estate Agent
  • Fort Worth, TX
  • Posts 59
  • Votes 17

@Dawn Anastasi

Thanks for laying that all out about your rentals plan! Great help. Do you ever fix and flip to sell to those that want to be homeowners in lower income areas? My niche is in a lower-middle class area. Not really low income, but solid lower-middle. I'm finding loan and holding costs can be prohibitive to do flips for properties to be owner occupied in those areas even though the majority of homes on the street are already owner occupied.

Post: Critique My ListSource Criteria... First Time Doing This

Jane GeorgePosted
  • Residential Real Estate Agent
  • Fort Worth, TX
  • Posts 59
  • Votes 17
Originally posted by Kyle B.: For reference, I'm sending mailings to absentee owned properties with equity of at least 40%. I also screened out homes purchased in the last few years (I think the cutoff I used was 12/31/2009). Cost per lead was 20 cents (304 leads for $61.77). Also, if you purchase from Listsource, unless you pay a monthly fee to gain access to their "premium" account, you have to use PayPal to order online, which was kind of annoying for me to open.

@Kyle B. , from where did you obtain your leads for 20 cents? I realize this is an old post, but thanks in advance for responding!

Post: Determining number of rental properties on a street

Jane GeorgePosted
  • Residential Real Estate Agent
  • Fort Worth, TX
  • Posts 59
  • Votes 17

Thanks so much, y'all!

Post: Determining number of rental properties on a street

Jane GeorgePosted
  • Residential Real Estate Agent
  • Fort Worth, TX
  • Posts 59
  • Votes 17

Can anybody tell me a way to determine how many rental properties and owner occupied properties are on a given street without having to guess by looking at the general upkeep of the property? Is there a website I can pull that data from? Thanks!

Post: Question about a Deed of Transfer

Jane GeorgePosted
  • Residential Real Estate Agent
  • Fort Worth, TX
  • Posts 59
  • Votes 17

Thanks so much y'all. That's what I thought, just wanted to make sure. She won't renig. It's all in her family, too. She might give a few bucks if I'll get the forms and hold her hand through the process. It's worth it to her, but I'm not asking for any money.

Post: Question about a Deed of Transfer

Jane GeorgePosted
  • Residential Real Estate Agent
  • Fort Worth, TX
  • Posts 59
  • Votes 17
Originally posted by Bill Gulley:
Jane, if your buying the property you need to go to closing for the transaction, there are tax reports to generate, disclosures and other documents required under Texas law. If you are paying it off as a gift, you need to see your attorney if you have concerns about protecting your money, you'll also need a bank payoff and a closing date to pay it off in full and you need to look for a deed of release from that lender. If this is a loan, you'll need a mortgage originator/attorney, disclosures and a closing and with title coverage.

No, it's not that easy. :)

Bill, no, I am not buying the property. As I stated in the post above yours, it was already a done deal before I got involved. My friend called me thinking I could help. She sold the property to someone who paid off her mortgage to assume ownership. So the home is free and clear. The bank doesn't care who pays off a mortgage, just that it is paid. It's just the deed needs to be transferred to the person who paid off her mortgage. How could she handle that?

Post: Question about a Deed of Transfer

Jane GeorgePosted
  • Residential Real Estate Agent
  • Fort Worth, TX
  • Posts 59
  • Votes 17

Thanks @Wayne Brooks It was already a done deal before I got involved. A friend called me with this dilemma on how to get the deed transferred because of the way the transaction was handled. She was contacting me to see if I could help, willing to pay me to fix it for her if I can. I guess I can make a little money (maybe) on a tile "flip".