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They’re already going to be under the impression you lied to them and tried to take advantage of them.

Advantage will be a higher ARV (flip) or appraisal (BRRRR), but you still have to buy right to make any money. 

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I am getting the feeling that my property manager is taking advantage of me by charging too much for maintenance fees and CapEx. 

If the lien holder decides not to match the bid, they will get their initial investment back along with the interest that was applicable at the time the lien was purchased.This change is certainly less advantageous for investors compared to the previous system.

I'd like to take advantage of the last year where we can take a 100% deduction using cost segregation. 

However, it is not too user friendly, there is a learning curve that will take time becoming fluent in the workflow (hence the 127 training categories). 

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