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9 June 2019 | 14 replies
@Aida Casino Keep in mind Hard Money is more expensive which should only be used if you have no cheaper option when the opportunity arises.
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1 June 2019 | 29 replies
bottom line is they talk a great game give you terms that you think you found a fold mine..etc.. nothing more than a sophisticated Nigerian prince scam.
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14 June 2019 | 7 replies
ELS has reported quarter-over-quarter NOI growth for 20 consecutive years, including throughout the Great Recession.Blackstone is one of the largest, most sophisticated real estate and private equity investors in the nation.
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8 August 2018 | 6 replies
More sophisticated techniques such as syndications and private money are beyond the scope of most mom and pop investors, though some do use partnerships.
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10 August 2018 | 4 replies
Any sophisticated lender is either not interested or will want significant money down, sometimes upward of 40%.
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12 August 2018 | 6 replies
in the resi space.the resident is usually not very sophisticated and has lived for free for a long time.. they are use to ducking creditors so will kind of tell you what you want to hear..
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27 August 2018 | 4 replies
The counter review staff are not sophisticated land use/planning experts, their job is to review the engineering acceptability of what you're proposing.
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6 March 2019 | 10 replies
Underwrite how you want, but I can tell you the VAST majority of sophisticated and successful MHP owners do not underwrite rental income to the parks NOI; it usually significantly inflates the value of the asset.
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10 May 2019 | 58 replies
Hi Chihero,Don't forget the SEC requires the PPM to have a "Prior Performance in Raising Funds Table" and an "Operating Results of Prior Programs" table that all investors must be given.Also the SEC assumes Accredited Investors can handle losses if they occur and Sophisticated Investors can asses the risk for themselves.These opportunities are not open to the "General Public" for those reasons.
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4 March 2019 | 8 replies
If so, are they at least 3 Beds, 1.5 bath, as I would think anthing smaller would be competing directly with casino hotels.