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19 July 2013 | 7 replies
Understand the financing.Banks are somewhat leery of lending for condos; scared of older condos; terrified of investor owned condos; and in panic of asbestos.
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6 March 2016 | 16 replies
I am prepared to make my first deal in the Grand Rapids MI area, what a terrifying and exciting thing to do.
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4 July 2018 | 49 replies
When I ask this question to some potential students or attendees at events I’m a speaker at most are terrified and say no but then buy notes valued at 20-30k ARV should they need to take them back as an REO.
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5 April 2015 | 39 replies
I am terrified of getting scammed in this process.
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28 January 2016 | 14 replies
I'm terrified of overpaying on my first deal but know there are backup offers in the event I'm not able to renegotiate with the seller.
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24 July 2022 | 0 replies
It was a terrifying to buy with COVID still very fresh, but I figured if I could cash flow I would be fine with any of the scary things that might have happened to the economy with shutdowns, etc.
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30 November 2016 | 67 replies
I've spent the last six months finishing rehab and, low an behold, my baby is no longer a terrifying abandoned crackhouse, but has emerged as a beautiful mixed use rental asset.
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31 May 2019 | 55 replies
My first deal was at foreclosure auction and it was terrifying.
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11 February 2017 | 30 replies
One of the neighbors had an encounter with this lady too on a separate issue and now is terrified to piss her off.