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20 November 2017 | 11 replies
This will have their full legal name, address and EIN.If they check a box indicating that they are a corporation, then you do not have to send them a 1099, but it does not hurt anything to do so and I always do it anyways.LLCs, Sole Proprietors and pretty much anybody other than an S or C Corporation should get a 1099.
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20 November 2017 | 9 replies
Also when purchasing from auctions if you do a title search and it comes back clean is it still recommend to purchase title insurance?
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20 November 2017 | 17 replies
Send a postcard that has to be returned - that would also be easy to set up a false listing and a PO box.
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20 November 2017 | 10 replies
That can add $80 a monthWe just closed on a house for $110k that will rent at about the same to give you some perspective (and found it right off the MLS, though it took about a year of searching.
26 November 2017 | 4 replies
Personal recommendations are great, but if you don't get many, I wouldn't search Google.
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20 November 2017 | 12 replies
They also require an appraisal(that gets paid to a third party).Other closing costs such as title search fees, recording fees, real estate taxes are costs that you would pay regardless if you acquired the home through a mortgage or HELOC.What consists of the $3500 fee?
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22 November 2017 | 3 replies
If its a bit too scary to knock, put a letter in their mail box.
19 November 2017 | 1 reply
Found a house that checks all of our boxes, but found out it has not been occupied in 9 years.
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20 November 2017 | 14 replies
Do you have any references that I could look into or should I just do a google search for Securities lawyers in Iowa?
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4 December 2017 | 9 replies
Hi All,I'm starting a search for a 2-4 unit property in Oakland, Ca in the general area along highway 13.