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17 April 2023 | 17 replies
My houses are an alternative to living in a motel for the duration of their work.
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14 November 2017 | 52 replies
@Jody Newman haha. yeah, the guy is old, but I don't think he's dying anytime soon.Yeah, it's expensive money, but the alternative is waiting years to save up $100k of my own money.
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26 August 2017 | 20 replies
As a landlord you are in fact (in part, or in whole) self employed too, you're just within the real estate framework and not the taxi alternatives framework.
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28 August 2017 | 1 reply
As long as they are not subject to estate tax, I don't think it will be a problem for you.An alternative would be to simply purchase the house from them with seller financing.
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23 December 2015 | 7 replies
Name the child (intended heir) as an alternate beneficiary.
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1 March 2017 | 6 replies
I'm sure others use this service so wanted to share this issue and the fact that it seems very unlikely to be fixed.As such, I'm currently looking for a good alternative that can do credit/background checks for $25-$30 per tenant.
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26 March 2016 | 10 replies
The town homes have become popular with investors.
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9 January 2016 | 4 replies
Two more alternatives...We have an investor who works with us in making funds available to rehabbers we support that buy, rehab, and sell HUD properties.What he does is supply the EMD downpayment and receives a flat interest rate when the property closes, which is paid back into his self-directed IRA.