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17 October 2024 | 14 replies
Hi everyone!I have an option to buy a house for 290k with an ARV of 350-360.I have the funds in cash but was told I need to wait 6 months before I can refinance for the ARV and not for the purchase price I paid for it...
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22 October 2024 | 6 replies
You might put down 10-20%, which can be easier to manage compared to traditional financing.A motivated seller can be open to different terms, especially if the property has been sitting for a while, so just be creative and make sure the deal works for both sides.
21 October 2024 | 2 replies
I don't want to do a traditional cash out refinance because the house would no longer cash flow and I don't have the funds to buy him out straightforward.
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22 October 2024 | 19 replies
Typically, you'll pay higher interest than traditional lenders.
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21 October 2024 | 59 replies
This would include money normally budgeted for a traditional loan payment + money simply not needed (positive cash-flow).
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23 October 2024 | 11 replies
In this scenario, they are investing in the auction and can take a share of the profits rather than operating as a traditional lender.
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30 October 2024 | 236 replies
But you don't have to pay the full 5.34% to a traditional agent.
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22 October 2024 | 7 replies
A streamlined process for cost segregation studies: AI is able to help streamline the cost segregation reclassifications by analyzing and identifying property components into their appropriate useful life more efficiently than traditional methods.The ability to identify eligible tax credits: AI is able to sort through and analyze a vast amount of tax laws and regulations in order to attempt to identify potential tax credits available to the real estate investor.
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24 October 2024 | 10 replies
Quote from @Andy Port: I'm currently looking to take some money out of traditional investments and begin investing directly into real estate as a passive investor on syndicated deals.The internet is pretty much copy-paste with advice on how to access real estate and defaults to saying "Just invest in a REIT - its the same" except you pay for the entire pool of existing properties (even if they have low yields in less opportunistic areas), the entire management team's multi-million dollar salary and their private jet, etc...
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21 October 2024 | 1 reply
. $1.18/SF), bucking the traditional seasonal slowdown trend.