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12 January 2025 | 20 replies
Brokers either get leads through a network of brokers in other disciplines or organic contacts.
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15 January 2025 | 9 replies
(because they're bona fide by being tied to the reviewers BP account).
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5 February 2025 | 16 replies
2) Are you pre-approved and have the down payment in your bank account?
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23 January 2025 | 26 replies
This doesn't account for transaction costs and reduction in leverage as you pay down the mortgage which accounts for closer to 2-3% less, so you 12-18%.
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27 January 2025 | 12 replies
@Albert Gallucci as many have pointed out, in the commercial space of 100+ apartment buildings and offices, property classes have some pretty decent industry standards.We started applying these to 1-4 unit properties around 10 years ago, which you can verify on our blogs, because we saw too many newbie investors not properly taking into account things like, neighborhood status, tenant pool, property condition, etc.Unfortunately, there's no industry standard for this, but you can use some basic logic to think your way through your own Classifications.
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11 January 2025 | 15 replies
Feel free to inquire about their staff qualifications if it's a larger organization.2.
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14 January 2025 | 1 reply
If she is getting close enough to thinking that there will be an income disparity, she will stop at nothing to compel my husband to provide income documentation.All finances are joint except for the rental, which I keep rents for in a separate checking account and track spending for.
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18 January 2025 | 10 replies
Then you need to account for soft expenses like Vacancy/turnover, maintenance, and capital expenses.
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7 February 2025 | 2 replies
But the NAHB also reiterated evidence of an ongoing labor shortage, saying, “The ongoing skilled labor shortage in the construction labor market and lingering inflation impacts account for the recent acceleration in wage growth.”For now, the hot market is still rolling.
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3 January 2025 | 2 replies
They're pretty organized, but expect annual inspections and some extra paperwork.