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26 December 2024 | 27 replies
Apply it fairly, but stick to it.
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13 January 2025 | 31 replies
Some background on me - I went to college with a degree I thought I was gonna use, thought I wanted to apply to PT school, but soon after I graduated I had a massive change of heart and decided that I no longer wanted to pursue that route anymore because I felt my future was so much brighter than to be stuck working day and night in that kind of profession.
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23 December 2024 | 5 replies
Any excess proceeds not applied to the investment portion may be taxable as "boot."
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13 January 2025 | 30 replies
Selling point was the old lady won't be there forever, and I'll get a great increase and stabilization laws won't apply after she's gone.
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25 December 2024 | 2 replies
Yesterday, I applied for a loan through a couple program approved lenders and an investment friendly lender recommended by bigger pockets.
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15 January 2025 | 24 replies
It does not apply to someone in the early stages of their wealth building journey.
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24 December 2024 | 5 replies
We embrace S8 applicants, but screen them just like any other applicant.Many have an entitlement mentality and try to leverage their S8 voucher by pretending to be helpless:1) A percentage won't apply because they expect a landlord to waive application fees for them.2) Many cry broke and expect a landlord NOT to charge them a security deposit.3) Many of those same S8 tenants trying to avoid paying a security deposit, won't make an effort to call the list of nonprofits we send them that will pay their security deposit if they apply.4) A lot of them try to avoid paying for utilities.
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7 January 2025 | 28 replies
You're definitely in a unique situation, but there are some SOPs that apply here. #1, know your guest avatar.
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26 December 2024 | 11 replies
You’ll be judged and screened exactly the same as everyone else that applies.
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15 January 2025 | 34 replies
Stamping a promissory note with for deposit only - no recourse, then applying initials or a signature of anyone but the note originator, and depositing it into a DDA account, also is a felony and renders the contract void.