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16 September 2011 | 23 replies
This all takes time, effort, and the ability to know how to arrange and structure each piece of the puzzle.
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23 September 2018 | 10 replies
Some pros: no large cash down payment; no bank/lender qualifying in order to control the property; ability to walk away from the deal at the end of the lease if things are not working out, and minimal risk.
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11 May 2012 | 0 replies
I have been spreading the word and trying every path that I can take, Chamber of Commerce, Business fund ability, bbb, Score, Banks and so forth trying to see if some one can help me out.
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24 May 2012 | 11 replies
I have been disappointed in several agents and their ability to do comps.
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7 November 2012 | 8 replies
The agent you work with should have an understanding of who to talk to and should have an ability and desire to make contact with parties he/she may not know in order to get the package exposed to qualified, competent and capable counter-parties.
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9 November 2012 | 42 replies
There products and ability to work with someone like me was a big reason I went with them.
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24 December 2012 | 4 replies
Having your mortgage paid by someone else will give you freedom and the ability to save much more than most people ever could.
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4 January 2013 | 9 replies
You have the ability to partner for sure with an investor.I have done this myself & it can work when structured correctly.
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7 January 2013 | 30 replies
You're slowly selling the house rather than building up an asset.If you use your ability to shelter gains, and do "low speed fix and flips" where you buy a junker, live in it and fix it up over the course of two years, and then sell it at a tax-free profit, then it really can be an investment.And, if, as David Niles says, you pay it off and leave it to the kids, then they have not only a nice asset, but also get it with a stepped up basis, avoiding taxes.
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29 March 2013 | 25 replies
Along with that could come the ability to get the loan and raise the money for the down and closing.There are other ways to skin the cat.