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1 March 2023 | 2 replies
In this post, we will outline the differences and benefits of granite and quartz and help you determine which option may be better for a home builder, flipper, or rehabber.GraniteGranite is a natural stone that has been used for centuries in construction and decor.
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28 June 2019 | 8 replies
Another 2 mins.Newbie borrowers sometimes call (I'll exaggerate here but all too often only slightly) .......wanting a long conversation (unless I can head this off at the pass) about their Real Estate Dreams, what is the difference between % of purchase and % of LTV, what does points mean, why can't I lend 100% of the purchase, and do I have creative ways of them funding 100%, go on at length about what amazing ARV this property has, how their credit score USED to be 800 but is now 510 and why this is so - in detail, can I do this deal in 3 days since they have spent the last 27 days of their contract apparently waiting for both neurons to meet up somehow, all about their troubles in life and somewhere near the end can I please lend them $30K even though the advertising they are responding to - but apparently didn't bother reading clearly says $80K minimum (and also answered most of their real questions)... usually all spoken really, REALLY slowly with long pauses while they write it all down in long hand and I have to repeat everything about 3 times AND they get offended if I try and cut this short by offering to just send them a loan application form so that I can give them a terms sheet sometime this century.
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5 July 2023 | 51 replies
My belief is you can succeed in both markets, but statistically coastal CA has historically done better (case Schiller top 3 markers for total return on residential RE for this century are CA cities, neighborhood scout ranks virtually every coastal Ca city as 10 out of 10 for this century).
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11 August 2023 | 65 replies
>it's a newer emerged "thing", and with that there is a time of sorting things out, deciding how to define it, what issues come up, what regulatory actions need to be done etc.I am not sure what the "it's" refers to but if it is STRs they have been around for many decades (we have owned STRs since last century).
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6 June 2023 | 11 replies
1. 21st century mortgage very flexible.
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2 April 2019 | 7 replies
It has been high on the annual list of appreciation for at least the last 5 years and is high on the list for total buy n hold ROI for this century.
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14 April 2023 | 75 replies
We've bought plenty of older properties, even a few from the late 19th century.
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9 July 2018 | 13 replies
We did not develop a large urban population until a century or more after the New England states.
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24 May 2023 | 10 replies
This is assuming you plan to build a quality house that's gonna be a very comfortable home for at least a quarter century with minimum corrective maintenance.
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25 February 2022 | 2 replies
(old ones would last for half a century)