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1 September 2016 | 1 reply
Let's take a look at the definition of passive income.Investopedia's definition of passive income is "Earnings an individual derives from a rental property, limited partnership or other enterprise in which he or she is not materially involved."
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27 July 2015 | 13 replies
Then when you are 55, you can sell each home as a completely free and clear home (of course, before tax considerations) and use the proceeds as your retirement income for the subsequent 30 years.
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13 June 2016 | 4 replies
General terms (so far) are $750 k offer price with 15-20% down; our broker believes the land is worth about $500 k, the tax records list the property valued at $60 k (we know it worth quite a bit more than that based on some recent comparable sales.)So a couple initial questions are; has anyone ever used owner financing as a tool to acquire a property and then subsequently worked with a more traditional lender to refinance (shortly)thereafter?
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31 March 2016 | 15 replies
I have a question for Derreck, I am aware of the lead paint law for Mass as I was told about it by Enterprise Bank when I was talking with them about the lead paint, but do you know if that is a requirement for NH?
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11 February 2015 | 3 replies
Subsequently I've received an offer from a buyer who wants to buy it as-is.
17 January 2016 | 35 replies
-dealing with the new federal and state laws (CFPB, SAFE Act, TILA, RESPA, Dodd Frank, etc)-planning and expanding your business-start by being a technician; then move to manager, then move to entrepreneur (delegating and motivating); The entrepreneur works at the enterprise level, the manager at the business level, and the technician at the practice level.
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1 April 2022 | 1 reply
Can returns be too high that investors set their expectations too high for any subsequent deal to meet?
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18 September 2017 | 1 reply
No SP# and subsequently no file available to view at the courthouse.
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22 November 2017 | 3 replies
I can always use subsequent rental income to replenish the cap-ex "fund" and it's unlikely that I'm going to have a roof failure AND 3 HVAC units completely die out AND have to resurface the shared parking all in the same month.
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3 December 2017 | 11 replies
For BRRRR, you still look at deals like a Flipper would, except your end-user is a Tenant instead of an Owner-Occupier, so accordingly, you rehab differently.If you don't reckon that you can value-add sufficiently so that you're all-in for less than 80% of a Lender's subsequent ARV appraisal (in order to qualify to get all your deposit back again), then, have you really found the right "deal"?