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Greg P. Wholetail vs Retail? Please advise
25 October 2011 | 14 replies
I plan to use the wholetail model on a $70K-$80K home that I bought in heavily Hispanic neighborhood.
Jerrold Stallworth Investor-friendly Chicago agent looking for RE attorney
15 February 2012 | 5 replies
Hi all, I'm a Chicago-based Realtor looking for a real estate attorney who works heavily with investors.
Emilio Ramirez Refrigerator Went Out While We Were Out of the Country
2 March 2010 | 10 replies
In our area there are some insurance companies where their renters insurance policies will cover spoiled food from a refrigerator that died.We heavily advise tenants to obtain renters insurance.
John H. Closing pushed off, buyer wants to rent until closing
28 November 2011 | 9 replies
The reason being is that I discovered that the 48-unit building was being scrutinized heavily by a litany of lenders that the buyer tried to enlist to get financing, only to have each lender deny the loan based on their own unique criteria.
Shane Johnson Contract for Deed - Estate Sale - need advice
15 April 2013 | 10 replies
I found an off market deal in my back yard that I am pursuing heavily.
Justin Case No Month to Month to best tenants
25 April 2013 | 11 replies
I know this had been discussed heavily, but here is my situation.My best tenants are coming up on the end of their lease end of May.
Scott S. Converting a Commercial Property to a Six Unit
24 April 2013 | 4 replies
I have friends that were doing projects all over the country that were vacant about 2 to 3 years ago and in some cases they cut losses to get bigger returns on projects they were more heavily invested in.I see this too with businesses for sale.
Aaron Corleone Hiring a property management company while the home is still for sale
10 September 2014 | 5 replies
You could always ask if you can add your own advertisements as well in order to get it rented faster since many won't advertise heavily on newspapers, Craigslist or Facebook for example. 
Andre Davis Chicago South Side Meet up
5 March 2015 | 11 replies
Hey guys, although I currently live in NW Indiana, I'm from Chicago and invest heavily in Chicago, so I would be interested in meeting up with the group to start talking real estate.
John Shoup Portfolio loan preventing Fannie Mae loan
2 June 2014 | 11 replies
The good part about corporate returns is that the principal portion of your loan payment if you have a principal and interest type loan is not factored into the income numbers in most cases so the income we use for qualifying purposes looks like gross income - interest (not the principal portion) = higher number than if the principal portion was also included.In essence when a property is in a corporation the underwriter will rely more heavily on the income statement instead of the cash flow statement.When a property is held in a partnership or your own name the key is here is that we focus more on the cash flow statement which factors in the principal payment as well and makes your income numbers for qualification purposes look lower.