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29 March 2024 | 12 replies
Examine your current mortgage, spending, savings, and extra money for investments or a down payment to determine your current financial status.Explore the local market by conducting market research and examining demographics, economic trends, rental and vacancy rates, and property pricing.
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28 March 2024 | 10 replies
Pay him $275/hr to examine the contract fine print and tell the bank that a contract violation like this is definitely not legal.d.
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28 March 2024 | 7 replies
Examine the property's state, rental revenue, and cash flow while taking location, condition, rental prices, and future appreciation potential into account.Assist your real estate agent in negotiating the conditions of the acquisition and submitting an offer.
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29 March 2024 | 31 replies
After examining the analysis I had done on his offer and then taking a look at my counters from the view point of a buyer he realized that what he was asking for it was a waste of time and if he were to put it on the market and try to sell it to a stranger nobody would want it with his numbers through seller finance.
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27 March 2024 | 5 replies
Examine off-market purchases; they may have greater possibilities and less competition than MLS listings.
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26 March 2024 | 9 replies
The risk is high that they will be recategorized by the IRS upon audit or examination, which means that you've overcontributed to a retirement plan.
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25 March 2024 | 10 replies
Examine several funding choices, including partnerships, hard money loans, private loans, and traditional mortgages.6.
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23 March 2024 | 8 replies
@Kim LeJeuneThe economic reality of the contract must be examined to determine whether you have a purchase option or deemed sale.
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25 March 2024 | 52 replies
@Aldo BalattiIn the markets I have examined, traditional PMs don’t make sense when examining SFH.
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19 March 2024 | 5 replies
A follow-up question: What resources do you use when examining a potential market area?