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20 December 2014 | 7 replies
Also a investor should avoid ARM (adjustable rate mortgages) as they could very easily lose their investment when the interest rate spikes up.
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23 December 2014 | 41 replies
Outside of light bulb changing that are easily in reach and he tenant is capable, I would have addressed the remaining issues.
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23 January 2015 | 9 replies
I stay within a basic protocol of 3 bedroom starter homes that I can easily sell one day when I am ready to move on… That said, I am looking at a few condos (that were coverted from apartments) for super cheap.
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24 January 2015 | 1 reply
With the rental income I can easily save over 1000 every month and use that for the next project.
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1 November 2017 | 7 replies
Computer models also benefit from lots of tuning, machine learning, and if the company is good some really expert tweaks to take into account things newer folks would miss.Doing it manually is great because a person can sometimes easily see something that the computer model misses, and can take into account other things - conversations with owners, etc - that the computer model simply can't.Generally I find the computer models do better on cookie cutter deals, and people do better on unusual deals.
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19 August 2022 | 3 replies
Then you have closing costs, realtor fees, carrying costs, utility costs, taxes, insurance . . . . assuming a 6 month close-reno-sell-close, you can tack on another $20K easily.
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22 July 2017 | 5 replies
Could easily add 3 more trailers on the open lots for another $1500/month for a total income of $5625 and only add another $400/month to the mortgage.Am I missing something???
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5 August 2017 | 9 replies
However, I do save a good deal of money from my W2 job and I could easily make early principal payments to get to 75% or 80% LTV.
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22 August 2017 | 6 replies
They could easily appraise for quite a bit more, which could give me roughly 30K per house I can put to other rental properties.
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2 May 2016 | 3 replies
Also, I wouldn't necessarily give up that easily on your goal of becoming a flipper.