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26 April 2013 | 8 replies
yes....ifalways the answeryes.if the deal closes/will close fast enough oryes, if the tf source has a program for longer. one of my lenders goes to 2 years at 12 percent so would i
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27 April 2013 | 22 replies
It's so time consuming and as soon as you start painting, your phone will ring or there's fifty other little things that need to be done.If you can do the work yourself in a timely manner when starting out, I think it's good.
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2 May 2013 | 6 replies
They don't happen every day, but as I like to say the deal of a lifetime comes around about once a month.
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10 May 2013 | 4 replies
I just had a deal fall through in which my Dad had agreed to put the 20 percent down on a $375,000 condo in D.C., our lender had an issue with potential asbestos in the building.
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3 May 2013 | 8 replies
Some of the private flags have lousy central reservation systems further reducing occupancy percents.
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10 May 2013 | 11 replies
My question is after I close on the property with 20% down 15,000 down with 4% percent financing, how do acquire more properties since I just spent 15,000 down?
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3 May 2013 | 10 replies
Structure Type Households (000s) Percent Residents (000s) PercentSingle-Family 13,323 33% 39,181 40%2 to 4 Units 7,621 19% 18,753 19%5 or More Units 17,816 44% 36,562 37%Mobile Homes 1,309 3% 3,664 4%Other 166 0% 294 0%Total 40,235 100% 98,454 100%Large Cities: Population, Housing, and RentersCity Names Population Total Occupied Housing Units Total Apartments Apartments Percent Of All Housing New York, NY 8,244,910 3,023,330 1,514,341 50%Los Angeles, CA 3,819,708 1,304,145 545,250 42%Chicago, IL 2,707,123 1,016,342 288,115 28%Houston, TX 2,145,933 774,630 292,875 38%Philadelphia, PA 1,536,471 576,429 89,510 16%Phoenix, AZ 1,469,484 519,369 109,413 21%San Antonio, TX 1,359,730 482,783 114,840 24%San Diego, CA 1,326,183 468,194 135,928 29%Dallas, TX 1,223,378 455,371 176,882 39%San Jose, CA 967,478 305,460 68,190 22%Jacksonville, FL 827,909 311,369 60,646 19%Indianapolis, IN 824,232 324,438 66,434 20%Austin, TX 820,601 331,582 125,401 38%San Francisco, CA 812,826 342,706 130,869 38%Columbus, OH 796,014 322,314 88,469 27%Fort Worth, TX 760,758 263,676 55,177 21%Charlotte, NC 751,074 292,715 69,808 24%Detroit, MI 706,640 253,629 37,409 15%El Paso, TX 665,577 219,568 37,451 17%Memphis, TN 652,078 245,836 53,958 22%Boston, MA 624,969 251,745 88,669 35%Seattle, WA 620,778 282,492 99,602 35%Denver, CO 619,968 266,624 86,859 33%Baltimore, MD 619,493 239,251 51,505 22%Washington, DC 617,996 268,670 111,192 41%Characteristics of Apartment Households and All U.S.
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10 June 2013 | 24 replies
Those loans which have good credit grades where the risk of default is small will trade for more money as a percent of the UPB.
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5 May 2013 | 2 replies
Capital gain is taxable over the term of the note (prorated based on percent of principal paid on note each year) at capital gain tax rates in effect in the year that each principal payment is received.
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9 May 2013 | 14 replies
So you very plausibly will have an investment earning in the high 20 percents.