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Chris Seveney Why I Love Real Estate: The Adventures of Finding Buried Bodies
30 September 2024 | 12 replies
so much private land has been logged and replanted since then.. in those days we would buy a 40 lets say for 150k  take 200k of timber off of it then sell the land on contract for same price then hypothicate the note to pull out more cash rinse repeat.. we also would use our logging roads and staging areas stratigically so when we left the roads were in the right place to do a 4 way lot split and the landings/stagging areas became the building pads.. in the NW permits for logging are not tough.. in those days it was over the counter and there was nothing you needed to do with regard to excavation.. however if I just bought the land and wanted to put in roads and pads then I would have had to get a grading permit and all the survey and engineering that went with it.. its was really something how we did that.. and I miss it to this day.. the other item that made it so profitable was Japan was paying premium for Export quality doug fir logs.. you could get double or more for export logs.
Scott Taylor Creative finance Fix & Flip - Avila Beach CA
28 September 2024 | 1 reply
Sub toOwner Carry Private money What made you interested in investing in this type of deal?
Victor F Solley Selling slab and block walls
28 September 2024 | 2 replies
Many thanks in advance,Victor Talking with my friends contractors in the area... some of this contractor offered very low price for their projects betting to build many units and market changed and they simply started to file bankruptcy... when comparing cost it's common you will find higher costs ... been in this market last few years, houses will start to move again in the next months in a normal cycle (not pandemic cycle) , if you're goal is getting long term rental in place for delay gratification...
Owen Madigan Duplex House Hack with Partner (Recent College Grads)
29 September 2024 | 10 replies
This COULD result in removing your private mortgage insurance.
Ting Liu how to split capital gain tax with partner
26 September 2024 | 9 replies
If not, I’d bet there was no partnership return.Assuming a 50/50 split, you should take half of all income, expenses and profit and report that on your return.
Natalie Johnstone Delaware LLC / Cali purchase
30 September 2024 | 8 replies
@Natalie Johnstone My former employer who was a privately traded company that owned over a billion dollars of real estate and had an ancillary management business with revenues that exceeded $100M annually would sometimes form entities in Delaware because business cases are tried in front of a judge w/o a Jury and case law that's applied to decisions is very well developed in the State.
Jason Xenakis How do you effectively choose a real estate agent: The Real, Real Estate Agents?
3 October 2024 | 46 replies
I am both an investor and realtor so ideally, your best bet is to find someone like me in the Cleveland market.
William Johnny How Many times can you refinance?
28 September 2024 | 8 replies
In my experience, your best bet are local, community banks.
Chris Bauer Mixed Use Commercial Loan
27 September 2024 | 10 replies
DSCR mixed use would probably be your best bet and give you the best pricing! 
Shane Baganz Top (and inexpensive way) to collect rent and screen tenants
27 September 2024 | 2 replies
Your best bet on background is to run your states background check if they are local and even then some things are on a county level.