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25 January 2025 | 24 replies
It will cost you Time, Energy and Focus.
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11 February 2025 | 2 replies
I was able to qualify for about $95k in 0% business credit cards (for 12 months), I then liquidated the cash and used a portion of that to obtain the hard money loan that covered the balance of the purchase cost.
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15 January 2025 | 10 replies
Never invest in any city on this list of the 50 most dangerous US cities.Low operating costs: High operating costs are one of the driving factors for many companies, leaving states with high taxes, regulations, and other costs.
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3 February 2025 | 3 replies
Most PM software allows late fees to be charged.Ours allows us to absorb the cost of tenants paying electronically thru the software - it usually wants to charge tenants, but we want them to pay electronically.We manually charge tenants a Processing Fee for mailing in their rent, a slightly lower Processing Fee for depositing to our bank.Your success will depend on the Class of your tenants.
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25 January 2025 | 2 replies
The seller said this is in a gentrified area so there's potential to rehab this effectively and get a high payout as shown in the last comp.
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29 January 2025 | 2 replies
You can also assess a dollar amount that you value the cost of these requests to be, and ask for these as a discount from the purchase price or a concession to you for closing costs.
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14 February 2025 | 4 replies
The last deal I did like this, I bought a $145K home with about $10,000 out of pocket for repairs & closing costs
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4 February 2025 | 6 replies
@Holly Thorsen see above for potential challenges tapping your equity in the rental.You only need 5% down for a regular mortgage, 3% down for an FHA mortgage - so why don't you have the funds?
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12 January 2025 | 10 replies
That's like asking how much it costs to buy a car.
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30 January 2025 | 8 replies
And that can cost you time and money.