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Lakshay G. How to Find out Demographics of an Area (Especially population)
19 April 2015 | 2 replies
I have found out household income via irs.gov but need help with population search.
Hemender Devangan Should I sell my investment house or not
23 April 2015 | 38 replies
In  one sense, It is good that I have a fixed asset and hopefully in future it will give me profit.But I want to know other people view on this - Whether I should keep this house or sell it and put cash into money market account so money can grow must faster.As this house is more than 7 years old, next year I have to replace carpet and probably few more investment to replace old house hold items.Please share your view so I can make a decision on this.Thanks
Account Closed Most apartment markets are near the peak -- buyer beware
4 April 2016 | 60 replies
Look at the household formation and absorption rates for that market.
Mel K. Need advice on how to Refinance a Non-Warrantable Condo
28 May 2018 | 4 replies
A solid amount of people in the condominium are renters. 
Lisa Wilson Accepting Rent Payment from two Roommates - Question
1 May 2015 | 7 replies
I tell people when they apply that if they rent, they are renting as a single household.
Shawn Mims Pro Forma help
1 May 2015 | 0 replies
I'm in the early stages of developing my single family home into a multi-family condominium building here in Los Angeles.I've created a nice pitch for potential investors, but I don't have the skills or experience necessary to create an accurate pro forma for my project.Is anyone familiar with a company that helps in the creation of these, or is there someone here in the forums that'd assist in creating one for me, for a fee? 
Eric H. Help Eric improve his debt-income ratio....PLEASE!!!!!
4 June 2015 | 18 replies
Over the long haul, that will help to reduce the interest cost and help you pay down your overall debt faster.I would also look very hard at ALL household spending.  
Joe Boggin am I crazy/stupid or smart?
4 May 2015 | 2 replies
I will greatly go into my savings and probably only have a cushion of about eight months living expenses but I should be able to increase my household income in the long run.
William Johnson Lease to own sandwich with current owner
4 May 2015 | 10 replies
William there are two ways you can help this seller using leases and optionsYou have to ask yourself whether not the property is going to appreciate overtimeIf you feel it's not going to appreciate, you need to get a price below the market today on your option with the seller,  if you going to do a sandwich lease option and stay in the middleIf you going to do a lease option assignment where you lease with an option from the seller and assign thevdeal to a buyer for fee, it  doesn't matter what the price is as long as the price is today's value or lessWhen I talk to sellers I don't talk about lease is an option, I first go through three columns landscape in a yellow legal pad,  and show them the basics of the choices: 1) sell with an agent and pay the customary costs include sellers concessions, agents commissions, closing costs, vacant house holding costs, etc.The first column it's important to go through an example of their house value; what ever  the fair market value is, do that exercise so that the seller truly understands he's going to net a lot less money selling agent than ur solution2) Second solution entails leasing out with the property manager, and you go through the cost to lease it out and also the cost to repair and sometimes property managers tack on other costs like padding maintenance costsThen I talk about the risks involved with leasing it to an unproven tenant, and then having to evict the tenant, lost rent for 6 to 8 weeks, clean the house, remarket and screen the new tenant, etc.Before I go through my solution, I say a "what if statement" that is something like this:Before I say the "what if statement" it's important you understand that I am using "negative phrasing" here, and ""appeal to a higher authority" which works a lot in terms deals like lease options, sub 2, and wrap purchasesHere goes.."
Shane W. FHA Expert
6 May 2015 | 7 replies
No, these programs usually have loan limits around 300-450, with household income limits of around 50-100k.