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31 December 2015 | 11 replies
I had to put down roughly $20K including closing costs.
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5 January 2016 | 19 replies
And... in older areas of Phoenix, Tempe and Scottsdale, with emerging neighborhoods, revitalization and gentrification, there can be a house worth $120k sitting next door to a freshly rehabbed house worth $300k-$400k......with the investor buying the $120k house and a family buying the other.Another reason renters aren't buying the cheaper houses is because those houses are in such rough shape they're barely livable...and buyers these days expect to find cheap yet renovated houses that look like they belong on HGTV...unrealistic expectation!
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30 December 2015 | 2 replies
The area is all boxy, mid-1980's roughly identical fourplexes.
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30 December 2015 | 4 replies
Hello BP,Before we reminisce this year accomplishments, just wanted to ask a quick questions.
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4 January 2016 | 2 replies
The building is older built in roughly 1960.
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31 December 2015 | 7 replies
Hello Bigger Pockets,My name is Tequila I've been in Houston for roughly 5 years.
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1 January 2016 | 12 replies
The buyer was willing to purchase the property at a price that would cause me to lose roughly $6000 compared to the 12-13k that I am looking at now.
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3 January 2016 | 8 replies
If you have that expectation (them doing MORE work for you), it might not also be reasonable to expect the pay cut at the same time (which is implicit in Redfin).That being said, there are gems in the rough and exceptions to every rule.
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4 January 2016 | 5 replies
. $40K per year is roughly the "sweet spot" for that if you have 4 rental properties in the state of Ohio.
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31 December 2015 | 7 replies
While is not a war zone it is just too rough an area for me.