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8 April 2024 | 1 reply
How loan officiers can pay Referral Fee to realtors in a legal way, and NOT as kick back?
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14 April 2024 | 885 replies
My official representative was Robert Moran, and he has not returned an email to me in over a month.
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8 April 2024 | 5 replies
However, two things that are a big unknown and was wondering if this would automatically disqualify me... 1) I had a foreclosure on a condo that finalized in Feb 2019, so more than 5 years ago. 2) I work for myself and been doing this officially for 1 year only (prior to that I had a high W2 job).
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8 April 2024 | 4 replies
If an expert doesn’t weigh in and you aren’t excited about paying someone else to list it I would certainly get an official opinion by your CPA but even that isn’t a guarantee.
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8 April 2024 | 4 replies
If you invest in an area with local officials who think criminals are victims of society, you can't expect much help from the government.
9 April 2024 | 67 replies
Just pulling something from the internet (don't trust everything you see so take this with a grain of salt I'm not a lawyer): "If the building in question isn't officially designated as an SRO or hotel, it is illegal for landlords to rent individual rooms to tenants for a number of reasons, including that it could allow landlords to evade the maximum rent permitted by the Rent Stabilization Law and Code."
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6 April 2024 | 46 replies
As someone mentioned likely hotel lobby far too strong politically), Palm Springs, La Quinta (not Palm Desert - Marriott too strong & outlawed them / and not Cathedral City - they just put a moratorium on STR permits late July 2019), and Joshua Tree.
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5 April 2024 | 1 reply
With excitement in the air, they gather around the table to sign the final documents that will officially seal the deal.
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5 April 2024 | 6 replies
Another question if you are not satisfied with an insurance company is there an official organisation you can approach.
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5 April 2024 | 5 replies
There was some pushback from city officials to open the gates to allow investors to buy Arvada and so they allowed individuals to buy up to three short-term rentals and rent them up to 240 nights a year.