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12 September 2006 | 1 reply
Hello All,My friend has a real estate company in which is the only employee/employer (broker-in-charge).
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4 October 2007 | 1 reply
They are given to self-employed borrowers with scores over 680 , and must have a clean history.
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17 April 2008 | 4 replies
In my opinion thoes days are long gone but could return in about 15 years or so they say 5 million + people will be moving to california in the next few years so the demand for homes will be up they better have a minimum of 3 years verifiable employment and credit too alot of home owners here are from mexico were 5 family with 5 incomes to suport the loan
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18 August 2008 | 9 replies
I say SI because when you start a rental business it's really a self employed investment so the shift takes a bit longer than in RK's books.
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14 February 2009 | 5 replies
With my brother, we have an employment agreement, he gets a salary (and commission) and he officially doesn't have any say in the company direction, strategy or high-level decisions (though we highly value his opinions and always consider them).
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25 May 2009 | 8 replies
I do call previous landlords and their employeer.
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15 September 2009 | 10 replies
I'll never forget my Mom's response when I told her I was striking out of my own and becoming self-employed after 13 years working in the corporate world: 'You can't be serious.
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29 April 2010 | 3 replies
Typically, the sponsoring entity must be the loan originator’s employer.In the manufactured housing industry, at least three types of entities may employ loan originators: (i) personal property-only finance lenders; (ii) retail sellers of manufactured homes; and (iii) owners of manufactured housing communities.
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24 November 2010 | 13 replies
I also can't imagine that the cost would be any more than employing all those TSA employees and scanners.
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13 June 2011 | 29 replies
My employer (a bank) restricts me and other employees from investing in real estate (we have to disclose all outside business activity).