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7 February 2017 | 20 replies
It has been a great learning experience in that it forced me to go through all of the motions in isolating a geography of interest, closing on my first property, financial analysis and now screening tenants.
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11 March 2016 | 11 replies
It's a great call for class warfare, and that's about it.There is a great answer, and it's for politicians to butt out and leave market forces alone.
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31 March 2016 | 11 replies
The architects and interior designers have done a masterful job of forcing developers to "keep up with the Joneses" after they convinced the first idiot that people living in apartments absolutely must have these ridiculous amenity packages.
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6 January 2014 | 9 replies
As you can imagine the rents received upon rehab will determine the forced appreciation and future cash flow.If you bought this house and upon rehab the rent will be minimal then I do not think it was a good buy for the work involved.
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12 July 2014 | 34 replies
You can even hold back an amount that forces borrower to bring cash to closing, yes, (s)he will get it back as rehab progresses but at least you know borrower will use the money for rehab and not for getting back on crack.
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26 February 2014 | 3 replies
If an appraiser was forced to work with this comp they would use an adjustment factor.
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28 February 2014 | 11 replies
This gives me incentive to trust your numbers and take a chance on you while it forces you to do your homework and not sell me false estimates.
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1 April 2014 | 32 replies
The thing is, there will come a day when the Air Force will tell me they don't need me any more but I'll still have my family to think about.
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15 January 2018 | 40 replies
They are basically just showing the property until they are forced out.Typically, shortsales are listed at a slight discount to the market value to attract buyers.
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3 November 2015 | 76 replies
I wasnt born this way, I went from zero skill to handy over the years...although I was forced to because my dads a hardass...in a good way haha But if its a cosmetic flip like mine, I would suggest diving in and do what you know you can do and for the things you cant, use the internet, this forum or you tube.