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4 February 2025 | 6 replies
@Holly Thorsen see above for potential challenges tapping your equity in the rental.You only need 5% down for a regular mortgage, 3% down for an FHA mortgage - so why don't you have the funds?
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7 January 2025 | 24 replies
How would an umbrella policy protect against a security deposit related claim?
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30 January 2025 | 34 replies
It's pretty common practice to have something like that in a property management agreement, and if it falls under that limit they're going to pay it and not notify the owner except in regular monthly updates because it is below the threshold of what is an ordinary expense in the course of business.
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24 January 2025 | 13 replies
DSCR loans are not that low and regular hard money loans will be in the double digits.
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19 January 2025 | 11 replies
@Nick Rivers If you've already taken courses and webinars, then the only thing that will help you become more proficient is by actually underwriting deals on a regular basis.
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20 January 2025 | 7 replies
- If the Association Fees are regularly increasing or the Association is poorly funded - SELL.3) How much of your TIME do you want to invest in all this?
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6 January 2025 | 7 replies
They claim it is a triplex (two regular units and an "efficiency unit".
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14 January 2025 | 4 replies
The previous owner claims they never had the titles to these trailers, so that is not option.
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14 January 2025 | 18 replies
Quote from @Ryan Daulton: Since learning that cash flow from real estate that was purchased from self-directed IRAs is taxed, and that I would not be able to claim depreciation on this property, what are the advantages to buying real estate with self-directed IRAs vs. other investment types like stocks and mutual funds?
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17 January 2025 | 6 replies
These platforms typically have billing policies where you pay a per unit fee per month to the software and you get regular updates and support each month.There are a number of low-cost platforms available that are able to offer you a lower price by passing along some of the costs to your tenants (payment processing fees, applications, tenant screening, etc).