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26 May 2024 | 2 replies
When people are looking for a niche to start out with, I tell them it's best to pick something and stick with it for a good 6 months to 1 year before switching to something else.
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26 May 2024 | 4 replies
The goal of house hacking is to reduce your living expenses as much as possible while having other people pay for your mortgage.
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25 May 2024 | 15 replies
I associate it with people that rent out properties with scratched/dented/damaged appliances.
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25 May 2024 | 7 replies
After 20 years of buying and selling real estate this morning it occurred to me that if somebody offers to sell their house for let’s say $250,000 “as is” and you agree to pay that exact price with no contingencies, but other people are interested in the property , then that seller can just raise his price and not sell the property for the price “advertised”.
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26 May 2024 | 27 replies
Originally posted by Chris Mason:@Edward Briley, people buying using HELOCs typically go to their online banking thing and print out something showing their name, balance, and available credit.
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26 May 2024 | 6 replies
The way the first type of loan calculates DTI, people struggle to scale.
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25 May 2024 | 13 replies
Renting by the rooms and having other people pay the mortgage.
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23 May 2024 | 7 replies
There's also potential for developing "shared living" units where 2 or more people could share space, etc.
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26 May 2024 | 3 replies
Plenty of people do not want to move them wen they relocate.
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26 May 2024 | 1 reply
Just pick the forum you think is closest -- people will see it.