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17 July 2024 | 1 reply
Please get educated before you start writing checks.What concerns me is you started this post by talking about how you are jobless.
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17 July 2024 | 1 reply
Interest Rates: Lower interest rates may favor buy & hold by reducing financing costs, whereas higher rates might impact fix & flip profitability.3.
17 July 2024 | 0 replies
Purchase price: $118,000 Cash invested: $30,000 This is a single family property this is rented by the room.
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21 July 2024 | 64 replies
They seem to resolve each of these issues by putting each step into one comprehensive, repeatable formula.Hope this recommendation helps.Nikolai
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17 July 2024 | 8 replies
But by this way, I do not know if the equity can increase more than BRRRR strategy when refinance or NOT since there is no rehab involved.With HELOC, I think they allow me to take out 70-80% of equity which will be $250k-$300k.
18 July 2024 | 10 replies
Either begin by paying your cell phone bill or having your parents put you as an approved person on one of their credit cards if they have good credit.
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18 July 2024 | 11 replies
You say you are 23 and have saved up enough to start your real estate investing portfolio.You are considering having others help pay the mortgage by buying a duplex or triplex and living in part of it.Alternatively, you are considering buying a section 8 income property for around 100K.Since you state you are already paying $1,700 a month in rent, I would start there and buy the duplex or triplex to reduce your monthly housing costs while building equity.
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17 July 2024 | 9 replies
- After-repair valueThe above list is by no means exhaustive, but those are definitely some key points that lenders will want to understand.
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16 July 2024 | 15 replies
I at least try to avoid losses caused by the departing tenant.
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18 July 2024 | 19 replies
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