I have and will continue to do my due diligence on prospective properties to make sure there is a profit even if the unexpected (which I'm sure will happen) comes around.

We are now shifting our portfolio towards carrying notes and hard money lending, and we continue to wholesale and rehab houses.Yunghova, in reference to your question about 80% ARV, depending on your exit strategy, buying at 80% of ARV is normally very risky.

I told him that I was not interested other than simple educational material about the program and he continued to trying to sell me the full boat.

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[u][b]FOR EXTRA CREDIT: How does the military person then continue to receive per diem money to pay for their new mortgage?

As far as I can tell, the hot water tank has filled and the heating mechanism (gas burner) is working (it makes the normal sounds and occasionally I feel the outgoing pipe is warm).Everything I've found says to run the hot water until the air stops and I get a continuous flow of water, but I never reach that point.

I've bought some NLP programs but have avoided using techniques in that package because I feel that they make me sound like a snake (as does the instructor of the package, which will remain unnamed).As for 1031s, while I know very basically what they are used for (exchaning equity from one property to another) I've never actually dealt with them.

If you sign up and pay their fee, you can actually get our name, address, phone number and personal loan information leading those to believe our house is available for a quick pick-up (for lack of a better phrase) I have contacted them several times but they seem to feel a need to continue reporting this false information without making an attempt to verify the accuracy.

When the market started picking up in the 1990's and has continually grown across the country until very recently, their businesses exploded exponentially.

Should I continue to hold the unit long term as a rental or sell?