Just wondering if any investors use virtual assistants, stay at home moms, out of country fiverr employees, college students, etc to help with your business.I hate the research part of RE and was wondering if it would be worth it to try this.

If so, then I suggest you perform a forum search for wet basement or damp basement, since there are a number of discussions of those topics that might give you further insight.

You, your tenant buyer or the mortgage broker will have to begin that discussion with the lender funding the deal.The only way that I know to get the "rent credits" treated as part of the down payment is to have them be part of the option fee and then have the option fee treated as down payment.

I'm in the south suburbs.Since we're both starting out at about the same time, perhaps we can connect in the near future here and discuss goals, any success stories and help each other out as we get started.

One of the things I'll bring up to discuss is what one of the hedge funds is buying and what opportunities this may present to investors.

Where they get the money to make these payments is another discussion.

This is the best place on the web to discuss and learn about real estate.

We all piled into a bus and went to houses and discussed pros and cons of each one.  

If you haven't yet - be sure to set up some Keyword Alerts for terms like "Carolina" and "Irvine" so when those topics are discussed, you can jump into those conversations, welcome new people, and make connections.

I know this will come as a great, great surprise to everyone. /sarcasm

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