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13 June 2020 | 15 replies
Awesome to hear that you’re thinking about pulling the trigger on a house hack - it’s easily the best financial decision you will ever make if done correctly.A lot of people on BP will tell you that renting by the room is not a sound investment; that you can’t effectively manage multiple strangers in a household; that you’ll relinquish your privacy/sanity/personal space/landlord status etc etc.As someone who lives with 5 roommates (including my wife + 2 dogs) I can tell you that it’s absolutely not the big bad monster that it’s made out to be.Because you have multiple streams of income in a single property, if a tenant flakes, you still have partial coverage of your mortgage payment - not the case in a traditional rental or “luxury” house-hack.
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9 June 2020 | 3 replies
I started up a new tradition with my partner on this deal with a "golden hammer" with the property address on it.
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7 June 2020 | 6 replies
I like their platform though.
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19 June 2020 | 8 replies
Unfortunately, you're likely better off waiting until you have stable income (and even then, if there's a period of unemployment in your past 2 years it may be difficult to get traditional financing).
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10 June 2020 | 7 replies
Its 2020, this system feels like from 1980, and I keep trying to figure out why he wouldn't set it up on an automated platform where you don't have to be depositing 34 checks every month, and messaging numerous tenants to remind them their payment is due.
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13 June 2020 | 13 replies
Hi BP community, are there platforms or open market for trading real estate based privates notes?
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9 June 2020 | 6 replies
Process hasn't changed much some servicers use different platforms to facilitate short sales.
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10 June 2020 | 10 replies
I use them religiously, and also put forth my own scopes and videos whenever I’m helping my out of state clients in a wholesale or traditional home sale transaction.
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12 June 2020 | 27 replies
You and your girlfriend picked the right platform to build your network and start marching towards your goal of financial freedom.Living in Brooklyn, I know you're seeing all of the growth and development throughout the borough.
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9 June 2020 | 10 replies
Would that change if the IRA income was taxable withdraws from a Traditional IRA?