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19 June 2023 | 4 replies
Here are a few things that I have done before: (these are just examples and ideas and shouldn't be considered advice as I don't know your specific situation)1. offer a large earnest money deposit, this shows you are serious and costs you nothing extra as it all goes towards your closing costs/down payment and if you overpay it will be refunded to you at closing (but it could be at risk if you get wild with waiving contingencies and/or you back out of the transaction without a contingency)2. write an offer letter to stand out, but be careful not to violate any fair housing laws, these letters are not allowed in some states because of the possibility of violating fair housing laws.3. offer a shorter inspection period, but make sure you still give yourself enough time to perform the inspection4. if you know enough about inspecting a property yourself and you feel comfortable doing a visual inspection when you are viewing the property you can make your offer "as is" and still have an inspection period as a contingency, but you won't ask for any repairs.
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2 March 2023 | 0 replies
Hi all, I am curious, do you think there will be demand for high-quality visualizations in the U.S.?
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18 April 2021 | 0 replies
To that end I wanted to start a weekly post of the tops things which are KPI's for your success in real estate and how you did in them:Week Ending 4/18/2021:Deals: Offers Made: 2 Goal: 1 Achieved: YesWere the offers creative: Yes- subject to and seller carried second note.Offers Accepted (4/year): NoAnalyzed Portfolio (Quarterly): YesIdentified harvesting opportunities: 2 duplexes in New Britain and a triplex which I will be using to 1031 in the next 4 months.Identify 1031 target investments: Yes Advance current project in work: Yes (duplex in Manchester CT), Lake house in Lyme Connecticut.Networked with new investors: Yes (2 cold calls)Create visual management of these and critical KPI's: NoWhat are your goals and did you measure if you made them or not?
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22 June 2023 | 19 replies
I have a 3-foot height to our pseudo basement/crawl space and no clean out ports outside from the one in said crawl space.If you can’t figure out your situation, get a sewer inspector over to visually inspect your lines all the way to the street.
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11 May 2020 | 94 replies
It did not visually look that bad but it was a defective Corning roof product.
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20 June 2023 | 3 replies
We're a ways yet from finished, but are starting to have some visual progress, with kitchen cabinets in, and flooring going down in the living areas this week!
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8 December 2021 | 180 replies
I'm more of a visual learner so by writing out the numbers on a piece of paper helped it CLICK....
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15 January 2009 | 23 replies
You should always visually inspect an area/neighborhood before making an investment decision.
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20 June 2023 | 7 replies
People like to visualize their furnishings in a space, and can be confused or unsure of space limitations if you, for example, place a bed at 90 degrees from what others may think is "right" for a room.
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26 April 2020 | 11 replies
@Connor Mckelvey while the property may not have any indication of it from a visual or scent standpoint it does not mean there is not residue present.