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23 January 2025 | 24 replies
Quote from @Chris Magistrado: Quote from @Matt Devincenzo: Your reading of that section isn't exactly what I would take away.
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9 February 2025 | 4 replies
Quote from @Nicole Laba: I work with investors in Chicago who are actively buying off-market properties, and Ive noticed that everyone has a different approach when it comes to sourcing deals.
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30 January 2025 | 19 replies
Quote from @Robert Pickett: I am in CA too and it is a dead end situation with prices and very little prtection for landlords.
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9 February 2025 | 3 replies
Quote from @Ross Derouen: We are about to start building our first short term rental property.
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26 January 2025 | 33 replies
Quote from @Chris Seveney: Quote from @Chris Seveney:Yes if too good to be true it probably is.
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26 January 2025 | 4 replies
Quote from @Geritt Shipley: Hello, I've got a single family home in Portland, OR and the tenants began hearing rats in the attic about a month ago.
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28 January 2025 | 4 replies
Quote from @McKenzie Stouffer: Hi Jayce, we got the seller to carry back the portion of the down payment and the bank to finance the 1st position on the rest.
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3 February 2025 | 6 replies
Quote from @Dan Farsht: I am looking to connect with other hard money lenders in the upper Midwest (our business is currently concentrated in the Greater Milwaukee Area).
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5 February 2025 | 5 replies
Quote from @Marc Zak: In the market where I live (San Diego), appreciation has been strong and many predict it will continue to appreciate in the long term.However, with current interest rates (6% at best) and property tax (2%), the annual cost burden is 8%.Am I correct in saying that appreciation has to be above 8% annually (plus whatever my maintenance and vacancy costs are) for me to make any money in this scenario if the property is cash flow neutral?
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5 February 2025 | 11 replies
Quote from @Alecia Loveless: @Ariel K.