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14 July 2024 | 9 replies
House hacking is essentially the cheat code to get started into real estate investing.Generally done by utilizing FHA loans and 2-4 unit properties.Basically, buy a primary residence, live in it or one of the units for 12 months, move out buy again and do it all over again.Each time you can utilize fha as long as you refi the former before you use it again.Great way to buy a lot of properties with low entry cost!
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14 July 2024 | 11 replies
I've started my journey in the expensive Seattle market and found house hacking a duplex gave me a tremendous boost as my first property.The top 10 advantages that played out quite well:1.
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14 July 2024 | 9 replies
He has not started any work yet and is not owed any money.
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12 July 2024 | 5 replies
For context I currently have three multi-family apartments with a total of 20 units.
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12 July 2024 | 17 replies
Let's start with first thinking how do your clients view you?
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13 July 2024 | 23 replies
Hi - Congrats on starting your investment journey!
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11 July 2024 | 3 replies
Am I reading this correctly that I can not charge late fees that total more than 10% of the monthly rent even if I have a different amount in my lease and only own 3 rental properties in Virginia?
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14 July 2024 | 9 replies
@Ryan TongueWe started with a smaller credit union and ended up switching to Chase as we grew.
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14 July 2024 | 3 replies
This is located in oak harbor WA on Whidbey Island if that is pertinent for calculating a deduction just a general idea would give me a huge help at least would be a starting point the rent is higher than a lot of similar apartments however as I stated it's on property but the lack of kitchen almost cancels out the benefit of the setting.
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11 July 2024 | 9 replies
We have a maturity of the Hard money note coming up Next week and need to find a solution.With hard money interest, the total note will be about 980K.We have an offer from another hard money to refinance however we would still need 500k to satisfy the first note.