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18 March 2024 | 5 replies
So any attempt to bargain sell to save taxes for the mom will result in a failed exchange if examined.2.
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18 March 2024 | 7 replies
Make sure you account for unforeseen costs and emergencies in your budget.Property valuation: Examine recent comparable sales (comps) in the neighborhood to ascertain the duplex's fair market worth.
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18 March 2024 | 5 replies
Again, others might feel differently here.3) property level due diligence: (takes seconds to weeks per deal): here is where I drill in with the low-level details.a) pro forma popping: I examine all the assumptions, and see if they are overoptimistic or not.
15 March 2024 | 5 replies
But where I am, I wouldn't do that unless I had an "attorney sit down" first and have him examine the documents and give advice.
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14 March 2024 | 0 replies
While such disparities can be due to a variety of causes, residents in these cities had economic tailwinds to help them through recent cost of living increases.To see where income increased most, SmartAsset examined Census Bureau data for 124 of the largest cities in the country and ranked them by the size of income changes between 2019 and 2021.
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13 March 2024 | 6 replies
The answer is right in front of you…Examine the structure of any REIA and look who is on the Board of DirectorsAND..who the double tripple black diamond “supporters” are….
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12 March 2024 | 250 replies
Then you would start examining the documents looking for thing that could be a defect in title.
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15 March 2024 | 93 replies
They may be willing to speak about real estate to 50 or so folks, it's great advertising even without a pitch.Yo can get a title examiner or closing agent to talk about what goes on locally and what they can and can't do.
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11 March 2024 | 32 replies
So, even though the closing attorney may have screwed up, if that attorney/title examiner worked on behalf of the title company, wouldn't it then still be in the title company's court?
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10 March 2024 | 20 replies
Impossible to render a “judgement” without a skilled person to “cross examine” each “witness”.