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4 March 2014 | 9 replies
I'm sure 10 years from now, you will agree with me on that.Good luck and you have lots of people here pulling for you and willing to help, just ask.
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24 January 2014 | 3 replies
I could pull some money out on a couple of my existing properties.btw: She's also doing 5-10 loans with 3 months seasoning.
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30 January 2014 | 11 replies
It seems like at least half of these realtors are trying to pull the wool over my eyes.
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25 January 2014 | 4 replies
After scrubbing my lists further for non sales, actives, and expired's in my criteria of pre foreclosed single family homes, I'm only pulling 10-15 names tops per zip code (already scrubbed Santee & 2 zips from El Cajon in 2 days).
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27 January 2014 | 6 replies
And you only discovered them when you pulled down the drywall?
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25 January 2014 | 4 replies
I assume you're taking into consideration everything for the homes: taxes, insurance, vacancy, repair reserves, expenses (CPA, utilities, permits/fees), property management, etc.The way I have been able to purchase my investments in such a short span, is to purchase investments which need significant improvements, complete the improvements myself (I'm a contractor as my day job), rent the unit and then refinance to pull cash out.In addition to doing that, I went to friends and asked to borrow money.
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24 January 2014 | 11 replies
You can also pull out a napkin from your Hardees bag and write up a contract on that, just you and the seller (or buyer).
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24 January 2014 | 4 replies
.- This is what you do.Have a local real estate agent pull sold cash comparables in the area within the last 90 days.
27 January 2014 | 7 replies
Then apply for a refi and pull out as much as possible.
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27 January 2014 | 8 replies
If however, you're Googling for GC skills (we are working as subs for a guy who is pulling his GC info from Google right now), you will probably benefit from using a GC.