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10 January 2025 | 4 replies
2) Your credit score3) Purchase price and down payment amountI would recommend shopping rates with a few local mortgage brokers.
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4 January 2025 | 1 reply
Hello,my name is Mohamed .i live in the greater Philadelphia area .I am new to real estate investing and looking to connect with any local investor .Thank you
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9 January 2025 | 0 replies
It’s important to work with a real estate advisor to understand what’s best for your situation and any specific requirements in your local area.
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1 February 2025 | 23 replies
I'm not sure where your market is but I could help look at land costs. we are trying to educate building to rent or building investment properties as a new strategy to just buying the garbage new builds around the country. this fits on lots as small as 3500 square feet. you'd have to check local zoning but if I had what you had that's what I'd do or at least look into it.
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4 January 2025 | 1 reply
I am new to real estate investing and looking to connect with any local investor.
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23 January 2025 | 56 replies
Find a deal that meets that criteria and talk to local hard money lenders.
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31 December 2024 | 5 replies
If you are just looking to network I would go the route of meetups locally (you can check above at the toolbar, hoover over forums then to the right you have events and meetups.If you are looking to wholesale and build a list of buyers that fix and flip for deals you may have then I would pull lists from 3rd party sites like Property Radar or propstream.
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7 January 2025 | 0 replies
Discovery: I found this property through a local wholesaler specializing in off-market deals.
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2 January 2025 | 5 replies
You could also reach out to @Jonathan Klemm who is local as well.
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2 January 2025 | 3 replies
But if you're more into those value-add deals, definitely start local!