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1 September 2018 | 112 replies
Cause they will pull your credit score so you need to have a semi decent credit, also they will want % down, you will probably have to declare how much income you have per year and they usually like to see 2 years of stable employment This is for a regular conventional loan
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11 September 2018 | 12 replies
I can tell you from experience underwriting deals for a number of institutional and semi-pro investors that they have achieved IRRs greater than 15% and yields greater than 8% in markets like San Francisco, LA, NY, and DC that advertise 4% cap rates.Markets with low cap rates typically share the following characteristics:1) Strong rent growth, driven by2) Strong population growth, driven by3) Strong job growth4) Low vacancy5) High per bed rents (lower operating costs as a percentage of total rent)6) Good property management options7) Higher quality tenants (young professionals like myself will rent in SF until their late 30s to early 40s)To achieve returns in these markets, investors buy buildings with significant value-add or development opportunities on very low to no leverage (debt), and refinancing the deal after stabilization to cash out.
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5 November 2018 | 10 replies
So I am just now getting active on the site.I am an R&D supervisor and coming up on semi-retirement.
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31 August 2018 | 2 replies
The house is lived in by a semi hoarder who has lived there for 5 Plus years and shows no sighn of leaving paying 750.
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20 October 2018 | 44 replies
Love your passion for teaching your kids the value of work even after you've semi-retired.
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4 September 2018 | 0 replies
It is semi inground, so I can literally throw my leg over any point and climb in.
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4 September 2018 | 2 replies
It is semi inground, so I can literally throw my leg over any point and climb in.
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18 December 2018 | 10 replies
If they don't have the cabinets you're looking for in stock they can do a semi custom cabinet that you can order for just a little more money then their regular price stuff.
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9 September 2018 | 8 replies
I have a job that pays well and I semi-enjoy so I don't believe I'll be jumping ship to work for a broker but who knows.
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5 September 2018 | 2 replies
The property is a semi distressed property for 125k, ARV 220K.