15 September 2018 | 4 replies
I've used Mark Fleckenstein in Richmond for many transactions and he always did a good job.
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13 September 2018 | 6 replies
I have good credit 800 and a great w2 job with 2 other investment properties (in a different state).Should I just accept the 25% down, or will a conventional bank even offer a 15% down?
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15 September 2018 | 6 replies
Hello Everyone,I Just wanted to get some advise on a recent move that I did to see if it was a good move or not, and if it was not a good move, can you give please some advise for the future.In June, I bought my first property as my primary residence in Beverly MA, a few weeks after I bought my unit, I got a job opportunity to as a tennis coach, close to the area and in the job they included free housing. so I don't have to pay anything for rent, so I decided to rent my unit, but I am renting it in $1800 a month, but all my expenses are $1910, so that means that I am $110 Negative cash flow a month.
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5 March 2019 | 4 replies
All goes according to plan my fiancé will have a real estate license by the end of October and I will start my next full time job on Oct, 8th.I am concerned about my eligibility to obtain a loan and would like to know if anybody has advice on how they would go about tweaking numbers by paying down debt and lowering the down payment to lower the Debt to income ratio to get approved or if they think I sound like I’m in a sound position.
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24 September 2018 | 2 replies
If yo do not want to pay a contractor to be a part of your team then take the time to interview a few contractors at their job site so you get familiar with typical cost to do things in your area so you get better at determining accurate repair costs.
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14 September 2018 | 5 replies
Some advice I've seen online is to just network, get a part time job in the industry such as property management and continuing to read and learn then make the jump once i graduate.
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13 September 2018 | 3 replies
Most people from what I understand do a lease option because they want to fix their credit to or have more time on their current job.
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13 September 2018 | 8 replies
I'd like to transition into multi unit investing some day because in my head I see it as more manageable but with a PM in place maybe it doesn't matter.For my day job, I'm a software developer (Android historically).
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15 September 2018 | 2 replies
Looking for some friendly advice to get a new Realtor who is HUNGRY for business regularly locking down clients and get me out of my full time job ASAP.
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12 September 2018 | 2 replies
I have opted for this approach as opposed to the no money/no credit/no job/ help me seller finance stuff.