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23 June 2024 | 7 replies
She then explained that being african american, she had not been able to obtain a rental; she had lived at her last house for 3 years never late on a payment.
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18 June 2024 | 0 replies
Has anyone used American Rental Managers for their property management?
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21 June 2024 | 20 replies
Per this NY Times article, the average American knows around 600 people.https://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/19/science/the-average-american-knows-how-many-people.html#:~:text=The%20average%20American%20knows%20about,do%20you%20know%20named%20Kevin%3FPer the US Census Bureau, the average American moves 11.7 time in their life, which based upon an approximate lifespan of 84 years, works out to be about every 7 years.https://www.census.gov/topics/population/migration/guidance/calculating-migration-expectancy.html#:~:text=Using%202007%20ACS%20data%2C%20it,one%20move%20per%20single%20yearSo, if the average American knows 600 people and they each move about every 7 years, that means that the average American knows around 85 people that move in any given year.How many of those moves do you want to be involved in?
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21 June 2024 | 4 replies
Even the wealthy community of Lake Naomi nearby is having serious problems recovering property values.https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-housing-underwater-insight/millions-of-americans-still-trapped-in-debt-logged-homes-ten-years-after-crisis-idUSKCN1LU0EP
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20 June 2024 | 1 reply
Given that I do not have any American credit established, the technique of assuming a mortgage is very attractive to me.However, my concern is that will I be eligible to assume a mortgage given that I am not American?
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20 June 2024 | 69 replies
The poorest Americans - those in the bottom 5% - are wealthier than 70% of the rest of the world.
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20 June 2024 | 13 replies
Since Paraguay is a neighbouring country to them and they'll know it much better than Americans, speak the same language, have a similar culture and legal system, ..., if Argentines won't invest there, I don't see why Americans would.It's great to be ambitious but sometimes (if not all the time) you have to learn to walk before you start to run.Hope this helps
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19 June 2024 | 1 reply
After saving for years and being priced out of nearly all of our favorite neighborhoods here in the northeast, we decided to give up the American Dream of being house poor the rest of our lives and get into real estate.
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18 June 2024 | 38 replies
The BRRRR method becomes possible if you know the right mortgage brokers, also for foreigners (it is true that for Americans they have their specific criteria to look at things).
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20 June 2024 | 33 replies
My seller has now put money down to buy a triplex that FIG is building in American Fork, the cap rate is 7%.