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8 October 2024 | 10 replies
A cash out refi prior to 2022 had mortgage payment almost half of what it would be today.
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6 October 2024 | 15 replies
When I sent a firm message demanding an answer the property manager completely freaked out and called me half crying about how she’s working to leave the company and some huge sob story that was totally unprofessional to ever tell a customer.
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8 October 2024 | 16 replies
If i'm okay with the breeds then I charge a second pet fee (usually half of the original pet fee).
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7 October 2024 | 7 replies
For your wife to qualify as a real estate professional (REPS), she must spend more than 750 hours and over half of her working time on real estate activities, not just 150+ hours.
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5 October 2024 | 1 reply
., daily vs. monthly compounding).Bi-Weekly Payments: Paying bi-weekly effectively means you're making one extra payment each year (26 half-payments vs. 12 full payments).
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3 October 2024 | 6 replies
Borrowing domestically in your domestic currency and then converting to USD while hedging might be easiest.
2 October 2024 | 2 replies
Every states reciprocity agreements are different.As a general rule, the easiest and quickest states to get brokers licenses in have the least amount of reciprocity.
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7 October 2024 | 35 replies
I did all the work and I had to pay half of the first rent for it.
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10 October 2024 | 31 replies
Living in an "appreciation market" (as opposed to "cash flow" market) is tough because 80% of the strategies talked about on BiggerPockets don't work well here, especially if you want to live in a half decent area.We looked at 2-family properties, but ended up buying a 2BD/2BA fixer-upper condo in an area that still allowed us to live life how we wanted.
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3 October 2024 | 8 replies
Not all of them are sketchy, but about half.