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22 January 2025 | 8 replies
Were there any challenges with shipping, customs, or delivery?
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25 January 2025 | 3 replies
Anything else tends to be major challenge with SFR.
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9 February 2025 | 5 replies
@Donnie Jones I agree with Jonathan and Nathan, its definitely a challenge to start off wholesaling and takes a lot of grit and consistency to see success but not impossible.
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30 January 2025 | 1 reply
This does pose a challenge since that real estate is a lot more expensive than if you go more west and south.
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8 February 2025 | 2 replies
My preferred options are:1. house-hack with a duplex under ARV; live in one unit => renovate => rent the other unit2. buy a SFH under ARV that could be converted into a duplex (preferably adjacent units vs top/bottom) - I'm assuming the biggest challenge with this strategy would be separating the infrastructure for utilities; and costly.
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12 February 2025 | 29 replies
And, even then, hitting your rate target would still be extremely challenging unless you were paying points up front, in which case it would probably make more sense to just try to put in a bigger down payment (or pay down the balance if refi) instead and get better terms naturally offered at the lower LTV.
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12 February 2025 | 13 replies
Some folks are comfortable paying 10X, but you can find those deals all day long.Now, if it was a highly unique and rare property, I'm not as worried about the multiple.
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22 January 2025 | 2 replies
Based on the numbers seems like it was a straight forward conventional loan...any challenges?