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5 July 2020 | 27 replies
Thinking about this more, I think your 4% "private money guy" is probably just a mortgage broker for a traditional bank or credit union loan.
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26 April 2020 | 2 replies
They have made me a lot of money and allowed me to scale my portfolio much quicker than if I had started with traditional long term rentals.
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28 April 2020 | 5 replies
.- In some traditional retirement communities, including in Arizona and Florida, that number could reach nearly two-thirds.
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26 April 2020 | 1 reply
One of the options: rental insurance, which allows renters to pay a small premium each month, instead of making one cash security deposit.This is to help alleviate barriers to renting an apartment, the law says landlords must give renters options other than a traditional cash security deposit.I have managed properties that offered surety bonds, which was a great option for the renter as well as the property.
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27 April 2020 | 18 replies
I have read Joe Fairless's book on apartment syndication and he really preaches to start a thought platform.
27 April 2020 | 7 replies
Funding it could be tough traditionally.
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30 April 2020 | 66 replies
I too have started looking very hard at how to get off their platform.
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1 May 2020 | 17 replies
@Justin Tahilramani So it's traditional renters?
30 April 2020 | 8 replies
I am personally aiming for a traditional mortgage at the maximum time allotted payback (30 year fixed) with 15% percent down on a ~110K loan.
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30 April 2020 | 7 replies
Some hosts under pressure to generate income have pursued traditional 12-month leases on Zillow, Craigslist and other sites.In Nashville, Tenn., which grants permits to hosts, about a dozen of the city’s 3,600 nonowner-occupied listings—which include Airbnb properties—surfaced in the first days of April as advertisements for one-year leases on Zillow or Craigslist, according to Host Compliance LLC, a software provider tracking permits for the city.