21 March 2008 | 12 replies
After all the nonsense private lenders dealt the past 5-7 years with second position and being cut out of their money on the shortsale....this security makes them much more comfortable.
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19 March 2008 | 2 replies
How about management, advertising, entity maintenance, insurance, evictions, setouts, legal fees, damage done by tenants (in excess of the security deposit), lawsuits, utilities (at least during vacancies), capital expenses (not technically an operating expense), etc, etc, etc?
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6 May 2008 | 22 replies
That woman is on social security, on section 8, and uses food stamps.
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5 April 2008 | 8 replies
A 5% return PER MONTH is pretty decent and if the only thing you are worried about is PV (i.e. your investment is secured somehow) I wouldn't move it at all...
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1 April 2008 | 2 replies
(See my recent post about this).The Background on the Active Real Estate Exception:Rental real estate, in many cases, is held to provide financial security to individuals with moderate incomes.
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23 June 2008 | 12 replies
In my opinion, REAs should stay out of short sales except to list the properties and secure end buyers.
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5 May 2008 | 9 replies
Anyone with earned income (or an existing IRA) can open a self-directed IRA (SDI) and invest in real estate, loans secured by RE, business ventures, and many other vehicles.
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30 March 2008 | 4 replies
Then, the investor gets back the money plus 40%.I see no security for this this loan at all.
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21 July 2011 | 22 replies
Section 203(k) insured loans save borrowers time and money, and also protect lenders by allowing them to have the loan insured even before the condition and value of the property may offer adequate security.
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16 June 2008 | 4 replies
What software do you use for the videos?