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4 March 2024 | 4 replies
Josh,Typically when you set up your LLC you need to establish your EIN Tax ID and open up a Business checking account.
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5 March 2024 | 4 replies
A LOT of distrress is leading to mergers and firings, in just the last few weeks, this happened: (Big credit to @NewsLambert)Lower to acquire Universal Lending retail and wholesale operations (11/1/23)Trustar Mortgage acquired by Archer Mortgage, LLC (11/1/23)People’s Bank of Commerce to exit residential mortgage lending (10/27/23)BMO Bank cutting 228 jobs in Northern California (10/25/23)Homestar Financial to wind down operations (10/25/23)City National Bank layoffs in Los Angeles total 71 (10/23/23)Hometown Lenders layoffs (10/12/23)First Savings Bank to lay off 135 mortgage workers (10/4/23)Wesley Mortgage absorbs competitor Colten Mortgage (10/4/23)Cenlar to lay off 85 in Ewing, NJ (10/2/23)Rithm Capital to acquire Computershare Mortgage Services Inc. (10/2/23)Wells Fargo cut 525 jobs in South Carolina (9/28/23)Better Mortgage lays off additional employees (9/22/23)The Graystone Company has acquired Direct Mortgage (9/13/23)Flyhomes to purchase certain assets of Home Sale Assured (9/13/23)Divvy Homes to cut 95 jobs in San Francisco (9/11/23)Farmers-Merchants Bank to sell three branches to focus on core mortgage business (9/11/23)It goes on…..The mortgage industry is in a starkly deep recession.And RIP refinances, unless you are holding an even higher interest rate loan (like a construction/bridge loan or hard money, or perhaps you just fixed your credit.
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4 March 2024 | 46 replies
I asked for business information and this is what he sent me.
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5 March 2024 | 70 replies
I've been in business, technically, since I was 13-years old going back to 1963.
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4 March 2024 | 10 replies
This is a completely different business loan.
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4 March 2024 | 8 replies
Hi @Dylan Tiernan, welcome to the exciting business of real estate!
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4 March 2024 | 4 replies
What if this business doesn't work?
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4 March 2024 | 8 replies
My rentals - QBOMy bookkeeping business - QBOAs a bookkeeper myself, I prefer to have everything on the same platform.
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4 March 2024 | 2 replies
Outside of real estate, I have lots of experience building and managing teams and businesses.
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6 March 2024 | 12 replies
One thing you might also consider when choosing a place to invest out of state is; After you have property there you can visit the area for business and a have tax write off.