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LaTonya Clark Lender- 40 year loans
20 January 2025 | 31 replies
. $275K acquisition  and you believe a 40 year amortized loan is necessary to make the numbers work, this transaction may have bigger problems.  
Joe Crabb Has anyone ever used Capital Three Sixty?
15 January 2025 | 6 replies
Roberto, was the transaction successful? 
Ken M. Creative Financing and Some Things To Know
13 January 2025 | 1 reply
My humble advice to anyone attempting to do creative finance is:Creative finance is for experienced investors who have access to capital if anything goes wrong.Learn the lawsDon't use a contract "off the internet", laws vary by state and are also regulated on a federal levelLearn the financing techniques correctlyDon’t skip parts of the processDon’t ever do a “kitchen table” closingUse the proper deedAn attorney can help you with the legal work, but the rest you are on your ownYour guru will not bail you out“Investing” in someone else’s deal by providing a small 2nd loan so the “investor” can pay for “cash to the seller” and for “closing costs” so he can do the deal is a very bad planKnow what problems can ariseLearn the responses and solutions to problems before they are neededKnow everything there is to know about Title and what that meansKnow who a "protected class" individual isLearn the "back doors"Learn human natureUnderstand timelinesUnderstand regulation enforcement (some of these "mistakes" have a 10 year statue of limitations ( they can charge you 10 years AFTER you do the transaction) and carry hefty fines and possible imprisonmentThe court doesn't accept "I didn't know" for an answer"Know that the source of the lead plays a serious role in some states and federallyKnow how much of a "profit" pushes the boundaries to invite an investigationYou can be sued by the seller if you don’t do things correctlyYou are automatically at fault if an investigator or attorney or regulator gets involved.
Paul Stewart STR Life- Remitting and paying Taxes
16 January 2025 | 11 replies
I feel like in today’s day in age there are so many tools for STR operations and I cannot believe there is no integration for a merchant of sale transaction or some kind of financial app/ software that can take the remitted taxes and pay them to the government automatically.
Mario Morales "Multi-family" agents-how to pick one's
17 January 2025 | 6 replies
@Mario Morales - Personally, I would do some research in your target market and search (even it on zillow) for 2-4 family properties and see what agent(s) seem to transact the most in that space.
Taylor McClure I’ve heard of buying pre-foreclosures, anyone have experience?
15 January 2025 | 8 replies
I'm working on my first transaction.... we shall see.  
Mary Jay Cash flow is a myth? Property does not cash flow till its paid off?
19 February 2025 | 88 replies
Growth is best served TRANSACTING properties to HARVEST appreciation/equitable gains for redeployment of those gains (better know as PYRAMIDING). 
Jeremy Beland The Crazy Title Issue That Almost Ruined Our Deal – But We Got Creative!
13 January 2025 | 0 replies
She had no connection to the property and no personal stake in the transaction.
Tim Tafel How Does Comping Software (Privy, Propwire, Propstream) Get Their Data?
15 January 2025 | 3 replies
It seems to me that they all whether paid of free, will all have the same exact amount of houses because all the transactions are all public and so they seem to compete with each other based on the quality of the data of the houses, how up to date it is, and the user experience in configuring the how the layout is.
Account Closed Due On Sale Being Called!!
13 January 2025 | 41 replies
Bottom line, make it so that you never need the seller again after the transaction is closed.