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8 September 2021 | 64 replies
And that picture is mixed in with half a dozen other pictures of my friends hunting dogs in one particular unit.Oh, another property of mine has several autographed 8x10's of me and local celebrities, former NFL & MLB players, national champion coaches from the college, semi famous musicians, radio personalities etc.
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5 August 2015 | 4 replies
Your safety comes from knowing and checking out the operator, not the individual borrowers, so due diligence is still important but whom you are qualifying and how you do it is different.Alternately, there are many crowd funding sites that will enable you to invest in specific deals around the country among local operators.
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2 January 2015 | 18 replies
It will enable us to go back to the seller for further reduction negotiations - or we can walk.
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28 January 2015 | 0 replies
But what is their incentive for wanting to work with me as a buyer to enable this transaction to go forward in the first place?
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23 March 2015 | 4 replies
Even though we reside in Canada, we simply modified our documents to reflect our local/regional by-laws etc.We already own one SFU rental property and we are considering a second SFU probably sometime in the next six months as the extra cashflow we are getting from this rental unit is enabling us to put away more money for more downpayments on more properties.
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16 May 2015 | 4 replies
Since I'm a small business owner however I have a lot of tax write offs and accounting methods that enables me to show a very low income that wouldn't qualify me for traditional financing (I would have cash reserves to cover a mortgage and expenses for extended periods of time if need be).
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23 March 2014 | 6 replies
After being a cook/ musician for 18yrs, I finally decided to free my self.
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12 April 2011 | 6 replies
Buying from other investors who are selling owner financing, you'll be able to put less down(typically), enabling you to buy 2 properties instead of just 1.
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15 October 2012 | 7 replies
I agree with your assessment as well that it is much easier to deal with the hassle of the lien unless circumstances are in your favor to enable you to go the llc route.
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22 November 2012 | 11 replies
I have been fortunate to have a business partner (who also has a full time job) which enables us to spilt-up the workload so we can both manage working full time and investing in real estate.