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30 June 2013 | 5 replies
But you can definitely find the body of the CAR purchase agreement online.
4 July 2013 | 4 replies
The 50% rule is the formula most used to initially assess a property to see if it is cash flow positive or not.
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1 July 2013 | 6 replies
However, after spending a lot of time reading everything I could in here, I've decided to focus on MFH and try to spatter in a few SFH, if the market allows, after a couple years of positive cash flow.My goal is to pick up a duplex to begin.
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7 June 2016 | 12 replies
Looks like you are in a great position to capitalize on the growth.
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1 July 2013 | 5 replies
What kind of advice would you give an aspiring young investor in my position?
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5 July 2013 | 12 replies
Hard assets will be the place to be, real estate and gold, and if you can finance RE with a modest amount of low fixed-rate debt (no more than 65% LTV to ensure staying cash flow positive in the coming carnage), then all the better.1996 21.2%1997 31.3%1998 23.4%1999 23.6%2000 -10.9%2001 -11.0%2002 -20.9%2003 31.6%2004 12.5%2005 6.4%2006 15.8%2007 5.6%2008 -37.2%2009 28.3%2010 17.2%2011 1.0%2012 16.1%6/28/13 YTD 14.0%
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1 July 2013 | 9 replies
Having someone else in there that can't finance it until later on puts you in a position to default on your selling contract if you can't keep the financing in tact over the term of your sale.First, you need to stagger your purchase requirements so you aren't required to finance 4 at a time.
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1 July 2013 | 3 replies
After going through the crash as a full-time investor, I'm not sure that I want to be there again unless/until I have a much better base of operations (positive cash-flow properties and PLENTY of cash and/or lines of credit to weather a storm).
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9 July 2015 | 6 replies
Not all land contracts allow early payoff.Your equity position coupled with halfway decent credit, I hope, should be enough to qualify you for a loan.
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2 July 2013 | 11 replies
So far, and without even finishing the course yet, it has been nothing but a positive pursuit.