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26 March 2017 | 8 replies
@Ken P. experience beats statistics everyday.
25 March 2017 | 2 replies
They go in knowing (or should know) they may be Cash Flow negative while living there for one year minimum.
7 April 2017 | 27 replies
However, as someone who was born and raised here in Wilmington and now invests here, I can say that the first thing I noticed is that the majority of your comments are very negative about the area.
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28 March 2017 | 3 replies
If we disclose early on to a broker that we would like to start our own brokerage down the road would this be a positive/negative, or what?
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31 March 2017 | 5 replies
Which gives me a negative bottom line of $1,525.00.
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27 March 2017 | 23 replies
Vacant land at this price point is negative cash-flowing, taxes and POA fees (if any) along can quickly turn this good deal into a loser.
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28 March 2017 | 10 replies
Anyone that tells you they have a certain ratio are basing that number on yesterday or today expenses not on the full life of the property. 40% would be good, depending on the type of property, 50% is the statistical average based on tens of thousands of properties over many decades of collecting data.
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28 March 2017 | 11 replies
Is their anyway for me to avoid PMI at 10% or less down and does anyone have any tips on getting a decent loan with 10% or less down, I have only heard negative things about FHA as again the long term effective of paying interest.2.
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13 April 2021 | 12 replies
You can probably borrow with a private money lender against the note but most likely your interest will exceed the interest of the note and you will have a negative cash flow (if the note is performing).
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3 April 2017 | 17 replies
I spoke to a bank here in CA a few months back and they indicated that because the rental history of the properties is so limited that most lenders would consider the properties as a wash i.e. not count as a debt but also that the rental income from the properties would not be counted as income therefore basically adding nothing (positive or negative) to my debt to income ratio.