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Rob Beland Hard money loans to business entities
12 April 2015 | 23 replies
I see many misconceptions about hard money loans here and chief among them are that hard money lenders must loan to an entity and also that the home cannot be owner occupied.
Mike Mitchell I'm being forced to buy title insurance in Texas
30 June 2010 | 17 replies
Well you see, that's a common misconception among the "uninitiated".Time to open each file in Microsoft Word, 3 files, 3 seconds.Time to open HUD-1 file in Microsoft Excel, 1 file, 1 second.Time to insert buyer's and property's specific information, 30 seconds to 1 minute.Time to update numbers in the HUD-1, 1 minute.Time to convince SUCKER (sorry-customer) that what we're doing is time consuming, and needs to be done very carefully to ensure that there are ABSOLUTELY NO ERRORS (and if there are errors the CUSTOMER MUST PAY TO INSURE THEM), 2 weeks, 4 days, 7 hours.Time to prepare bill for customer, 1 minute.Total bill $500-$800 average in TX.Amount of that bill spent wining and dining state legislators to make certain they don't pass any COMMUNIST INSPIRED (ie; in effect in any "non-backward-California) rules to give any meaningfull consumer protection (pro-rationing for quick resales) legislation, about $20.00 per closing.all cash
Dylan Snow Interested in Texas and California RE, from New Zealand
26 October 2019 | 8 replies
But, I'd say you have some misconceptions about San Angelo.
Steven Burrows Solo 401(k) documents
16 January 2016 | 6 replies
A very significant number come to us with serious misconceptions about what may be done with a plan or how they can be involved in plan transactions.  
Cullen Rotroff Newbie focused on multifamily buy and hold in Milwaukee
13 July 2016 | 7 replies
A  common misconception is that you need a 2 Year history when You only need a Mortgage history.
Nina Nazarov Short terms rentals, LLCs + Deeds. Advice needed
8 May 2019 | 4 replies
It's a common misconception that platforms such as Airbnb has $1M policy for host protection. 
Sean B. Deal analysis
17 February 2014 | 15 replies
If I were to write a post about common misconceptions in real estate investing (or any type of investing), this would be in my Top 5...There isn't always a deal, and believing that there always is can make you do things you shouldn't do.
Chris Penny Hello from the Bay Area
19 June 2017 | 12 replies
I would give The Most Common Misconceptions of Investing in Real Estate a read to start!
Ken Wang Peer street ? ask for experience
10 January 2021 | 29 replies
Secondly, I wanted to chime in because it seems there is a misconception about this company on this thread with regards to how they operate.  
Carissa Gulyas First Multi-Family Question
13 July 2016 | 11 replies
Hopefully, I answered all the misconceptions. ;-) and questions.