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3 January 2016 | 10 replies
When I received the updated loan packet from my lender, the fees now look like this:Updated Loan Cost Estimates (These are the numbers in the disclosure sheet I received yesterday in response to the updated contract)Loan Origination - $0Survey Fee - $325Title - Environmental Protection - $150Title - Escrow Fee - $695Title - FL Form 9 - $173Title - Gov't Surcharge for Nat'l & KEL Title $3Title - Lender's Title Insurance - $1,195Title - Title Examination - $250Title - Title Search - $195Total - $2,986I know it's possible for some fees to fluctuate during the closing process, but I am getting the impression that some of these fees are either junk fees which don't need to exist, or were known all along and not disclosed to make them seem like a more appealing option.
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13 May 2015 | 9 replies
You do have to examine tax benefits of ownership on single family homes.
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8 May 2008 | 2 replies
Juan,I have already examined your profile and added you as a contact.
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15 July 2008 | 25 replies
You might want to find out your internal rate of return (IRR), etc.Basically, there are lots of important measures of how well your investment will work for you on a deal, and you need to examine at least a couple of them to determine if it's a good deal or not.
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21 May 2017 | 17 replies
Justen Ashcraft Those people have some nerve.
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8 December 2014 | 5 replies
Someone might say yes to you, but may not deliver when you need them, so you should have more than 1 lender and you should have at least 2 back up buyers (just in case the 1st buyer does not close on your wholesale deal, even though your contract mentions the "non-refundable" deposit).I don't want to be negative, I just want you to examine the pros and cons of your plan/strategy.
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17 February 2015 | 223 replies
That model gets examined, and occasionally revised, on a daily basis.
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7 August 2017 | 12 replies
An examination of sales in stated areas between 2010 and 2012 -- some of these properties actually sold for 1/3 to 1/2 of what they're trading for today.
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25 April 2018 | 17 replies
While it is technically true your brokers and attorney could be anywhere in the province, you probably want a real estate agent who knows the area in which you are going to invest - additionally, most {residential} agents are not going to drive from one City to another to view properties.Miramichi is a scenic area of the province, spend a little time examining the local economy and its level of dependency on singular industries / government agencies.
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26 July 2018 | 8 replies
If you're interested in brokerage, California has a cool program where if you major/study real estate in college you can take your broker's exam in lieu of the 2/3 year salesperson requirement.