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27 November 2015 | 17 replies
Simply buying "cheap" properties with good looking numbers (on paper) can be a recipe for disaster for some, especially if they don;t know what they're doing or lack experience as a real estate investor.
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23 June 2019 | 5 replies
@Kevin Lewis, If you're simply asking if you can buy the property in 2016 using a 1031 exchange the answer is no.
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23 November 2015 | 10 replies
All,I wanted to get peoples opinion on real estate values in Chicago being to high and it might not be the best time to enter the market to purchase my first investment property.I see prices close to pre real estate bubble values from 2007 (IMO. unless someone can prove me wrong).
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23 March 2016 | 3 replies
There is a separate enterence to the laundry in the basement.
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27 March 2016 | 53 replies
The investors or operators who advocate wholesaling as taught by these guru methods of assigning contracts as a business model enter the arena of facilitating real estate transactions without a license, tortuous conduct and predatory dealing simply because they follow bad advice.
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18 April 2016 | 3 replies
This work is simply amazing!
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23 November 2015 | 4 replies
To be more successful, you simply have to work on the other elements to progress your REI pursuit.
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23 November 2015 | 6 replies
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22 November 2015 | 1 reply
To be more successful, you simply have to work on the other elements to progress your REI pursuit.
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23 November 2015 | 5 replies
During this period the debtor must obtain consent by the Trustee to enter into any financial contract that presents a liability or in acquiring any equitable or legal interests in other property.Bottom line, the court will allow the debtor to enter into agreements to expense funds for the necessities of a debtor, leasing a property at fair market rent, buying food, clothing, having a car repair or other costs of living.