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23 January 2025 | 165 replies
Sure, but the reclamation and redevelopment as defensible condos and apartments -- complete with less urban sprawl -- can occur faster than you think.
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2 February 2025 | 2 replies
I am passionate about Tiny Homes, I started just by helping more people with creative floorplans by self teaching myself CAD design so I could help more families.
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3 February 2025 | 7 replies
They are a great crowd, and networking was amazing.I just finished the self paced course and just got off the phone with them concerning the Gold and Platinum programs for mentorship.
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21 January 2025 | 2 replies
If you do decide to start flipping homes- as a new investor you can either self finance with all cash, or you can contact a commercial lender like myself and expect terms to be 75-80% of the purchase price with 100% of the rehab financed through a draw.
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25 January 2025 | 5 replies
Being the military, it had that definite institutional overtone to it, but the basic premise was the same.I recently toured a new senior's complex in which on end - for those who were still relatively self sufficient - had individual units (bedroom, sitting room / kitchenette ... effectively a bachelor apartment but without a full kitchen) clustered together in groups of 4 with their own common room / kitchen and courtyard.On the other side of the complex were units for those who required more assisted living.
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4 February 2025 | 11 replies
A debt service loan would be a good option if your DTI is high, you want to close in an LLC, you're self-employed or have low income on paper, or you don't have a stable 2-year work history.
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25 January 2025 | 2 replies
Courtesy of Dodd Frank, its doubtful the self employed will ever be viewed by lenders as favorable as a w2 employee.
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21 January 2025 | 0 replies
I am self employed but want to build a spec home using the equity in my house as collateral.
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19 January 2025 | 9 replies
Industrial buyers probably didn’t like it because they didn’t want MHP and self storage and vice versa.
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28 January 2025 | 5 replies
Self-driving cars are potentially amazing, but they need to capture a lot of nuance and complexities.