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9 December 2013 | 2 replies
I explained exactly what I wanted the loan for (debt consolidation) and that my credit score was going to be in the mid to upper 6's because of it.
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21 June 2011 | 16 replies
I ran a commercial rental real estate engagement that comprisd of 156 consolidated companies (not including the disregarded SMLLCs) and was on the workflow efficiency team to create standardized Excel workbooks for Residential Real Estate Partnerships for all of the offices of the firm to utilize when preparing partnership returns.
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1 January 2019 | 10 replies
If you do this a few times, there are ways you can consolidate your equity in a few properties and start buying with cash on your own.
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8 November 2019 | 8 replies
Hi - I recently started exploring the possibility of using my consolidated retirement funds from other companies to use for RE investing and have read about self directed IRA.
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30 May 2020 | 4 replies
You then gain the outside liability protection for all the local LLC, and consolidate tax reporting at the holding level.
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28 April 2017 | 18 replies
We're both a little absentee (my buddy is much closer than me, but still an hour or so away), so we'd like to consolidate our operations under fewer roofs over buying more SFHs and having more separate issues, yards to mow, and neighbors to keep happy.
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3 December 2016 | 11 replies
Right out of school consolidate student loans with lowest payment per month possible to help your Loan to Debt ratio.2) Form an LLC.
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16 October 2015 | 9 replies
You consolidate the risks of vacancy, risks of incurring other liabilities under one roof, your accounting costs are not 6 times higher, as an example.
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19 January 2016 | 20 replies
Very convenient and getting better.They seem to be making strides on communicating better (new web structure with a payments page, consolidate email with status of all payments), and some new screening tools like background checks.
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2 July 2016 | 14 replies
In our largest county, Los Angeles, the probate court used to have satellite courts however they have since consolidated into a central courthouse and archiving center.