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3 February 2025 | 15 replies
@Derick Jennings Without knowing more about your situation, I'd likely recommend a house hack, a strategy I wish I would have known about when I got started.
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28 January 2025 | 7 replies
Start small with strategies like house hacking, leveraging your hands-on skills for value-add properties, and building a strong team or network to reduce risks.
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1 February 2025 | 23 replies
Just a heads up this will not be tax free, it will be a pro-rated exclusion.
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23 January 2025 | 6 replies
Note if you go over 4 units, your valuation will be based on NOI and comp rate.
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22 January 2025 | 22 replies
This is very useful.You could build a deck or gazebo to house a hot tub.
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20 January 2025 | 3 replies
Context, i bought a house at a foreclosure auction.
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25 January 2025 | 15 replies
The place I have is over 30 years old and a mansion ("mansion" in Japan means an apartment, not "mansion" like a huge house).
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15 January 2025 | 10 replies
A block can transition from appreciating to depreciating within ten houses so you have to learn where it is ebbing and flowing.
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4 February 2025 | 11 replies
We plan on living in the house and doing most of the fixes and renovations ourselves.
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22 January 2025 | 3 replies
How much will be the interest rate, and terms of the loan.