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29 July 2015 | 2 replies
I won't touch a balloon loan after seeing guys lose their shirts and portfolios with them in the last crash.Having said that we are in a historically low interest rate environment, their is only one direction for rates to go!
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22 March 2016 | 6 replies
We also count other income and income equivalents (benefits such as utility vouchers, food stamps, public assistance, etc.) when qualifying and determining if a person has the means to afford to rent one of our places.
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14 May 2016 | 5 replies
Total fees Florida Doc stamp $173.25, Comm LN Origination Fee $495.00, Comm LN Fee $300, UCC Future Release $10, UCC Fee $35.
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21 September 2016 | 11 replies
After that, make it a huge stamp in your life that you will go 1,000% on every thing you pursue.
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5 January 2018 | 3 replies
Most of the current redevelopment is closer to downtown, and you'll see spotty new construction elsewhere mixed in with older rundown homes.Builders seem to favor either larger rowhouse-type communities or the taller 3-4 story houses built on a postage stamp lot with your neighbor's house five feet away.The problem I have with the area is that you're paying a premium for what the area may become five years from now.
29 October 2015 | 6 replies
An approved and stamped plan will do the trick also.
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7 April 2016 | 6 replies
If I partner up with you I could lose my shirt . 50/50 partnerships dont work , somebody has to be 51% .
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24 May 2017 | 3 replies
I use third party vendors to service the air conditioners twice a year (summer/fall)We also teamed up with an air filter company that will mail filters to our tenants every month with our logo and date stamp I text and email tenants on New years day to change out the smoke detector batteries I have all my homes professionally inspected with a report and photos prior to move in, move out and renewal time.
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8 May 2023 | 1 reply
Lenders, real estate agents, other investors, etc.You do get a "free" t-shirt at BP Con.
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30 October 2009 | 49 replies
My final HUD-1 that the bank approves is stamped with big letters "BUYER MAY RESELL THE PROPERTY FOR AN IMMEDITATE PROFIT."