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13 January 2014 | 17 replies
Some want to use them as gating factors and if you do, you will stay on the profitable side of your deals.
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15 January 2014 | 25 replies
(though we already have the basic design complete on the website), so they're down the road a bit, but will be great for vaca rentals!
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8 January 2014 | 5 replies
there are quite a bit of factors that go into this decision.
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8 January 2014 | 4 replies
A bit better industrial design...
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9 January 2014 | 3 replies
From www.personalliberty.com:Obama’s ‘Promise Zones’ Picked For Their Strategic Value To Democratic PartyJanuary 9, 2014 by Ben BullardPresident Barack Obama designated five areas Thursday as Economic Promise Zones: three in cities, one in rural Kentucky and one on the Choctaw Nation in Oklahoma – and nearly all of them offer Democrats stronger political inroads with resistant local voters.Obama described the ‘Zones as places where kids would, with the Federal government’s help, have the same opportunities to realize the American Dream as kids in more affluent parts of the country.
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9 February 2014 | 11 replies
Did sellers pay up after the fact? or
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20 February 2014 | 38 replies
Having overseen over 1,500 units I totally agree that boots on the ground, management is the make or break factor.
24 January 2014 | 15 replies
Another factor the look at is DTI (debt to income) https://www.credit.com/calculators/dti/If you go FHA you must live there for 1 year.
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3 February 2014 | 30 replies
I honestly expect every foreclosed house that I look at will have broken pipe from freezing, water or baseboard, and just factor that into my cost.
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17 January 2014 | 4 replies
.$324,000 Total CostHolding Numbers:$2,100 Principle Interest Taxes Insurance$1,900 Rent from 4-bedroom SFH (with 7% vacancy this drops to $1,767)$1,300 Rent from myself in renovated 2-bedroom Carriage house$967 Profit with 7% vacancy on the 4-bedroom rentalThe garage could potentially rent for $300-800, but I'm not factoring it in because I'm not sure of how legal that is.This is my first purchase.