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26 December 2013 | 7 replies
That's where I got my cash from - I took a bit of equity off the table in a recent financing round.
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1 January 2014 | 16 replies
Hiring someone to round up the feral cats living under the property... maybe that one is just my local area.I go conservative on all my numbers, rounding up on all of them, and add a 6-8% vacancy factor that takes into account both unpaid rent and turnover costs.
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30 December 2013 | 23 replies
Trespassing, making repairs before closing and vandalizing HUD homes are also felonies because it is federal property.I was at a HUD round table with HUD managers from 1d and national office earlier this year.
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28 December 2013 | 1 reply
Just saw an interesting article in Bloomberg News: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-12-23/wall-street-landlord-loses-round-one-in-ohio-school-tax-fight.htmlApparently Magnetar bought up a bunch of homes in Huber Heights, Ohio, because they already had management in place.
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31 December 2013 | 12 replies
(assuming 15% discount is bottom line in first round)
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7 January 2014 | 14 replies
The second time round I finished all 1500 questions on retrainers practice exam questions and I felt very prepared for the exam.I highly recommend you get your broker's license as I see many benefits of having one.
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6 January 2014 | 8 replies
Networking makes the investor world go round!
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6 January 2014 | 2 replies
A deal typically has to already be a deal, trying to "make" something into a deal when it's not is like forcing a square peg in a round hole.