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8 December 2011 | 2 replies
Getting a home equity, even on a NOO, is easier than qualifying for a mortgage.Have you considering making it OO and buying it with FHA?
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14 December 2011 | 40 replies
If that is the case then this is way easier than I thought.
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13 December 2011 | 22 replies
Contact me or add me and I can try to help you over the phone or whatever is easier.
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22 December 2011 | 6 replies
We've been purchasing properties via our cash & so much easier the traditional way!
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5 January 2016 | 33 replies
But considering I found this site a LOT later, and by accident (it never once appeared in my Google searches), I don't feel like I wasted my time there.
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18 May 2012 | 19 replies
Just move your expenses over to your tax basis so it can be depreciated at a later time and it should be much easier to show a profit.Again, I would double check the depreciation thing again though.
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31 July 2012 | 9 replies
I've had to write letters of explanation for why a house appeared on a tax return several years ago when I had expenses (inspections, dewinterization) but didn't actually buy it.Why don't you just call the VA's system for her?
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3 May 2014 | 80 replies
Prior to that I was part time for four years until I realized it was easier to buy and hold properties that cash flowed.
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11 October 2013 | 17 replies
I am about to take possession of 2 tax deed properties which appear to have been abandoned for a year or more.
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29 December 2011 | 10 replies
Another "issue" arises if the lien appears on your title abstract but there is no corresponding mortgage on your credit report.