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Creative Real Estate Entrepreneurs
28 April 2015 | 2 replies
Most locations feature display kitchens, original artwork and patios designed for social lounging.From the website:"What we believe in: Happy hourGood tunesCooking from scratch with real, whole ingredientsReally good cheeseCelebrating anything, on any day, with wineLive and let liveGood, thoughtful designListening to our employees and our guestsLunch.
Theo Hicks
Debt to Income Ratio: When does Rental Income Count? And Wages vs.Commission W2 Job
28 April 2015 | 18 replies
I have scoured the BP blog and internet and have not been able to find a clear answer to a few questions I have regarding Debt to Income ratio, so what better place to ask than here!
Lukasz Kownacki
Baltimore, Maryland Market Affected By Riots
29 April 2015 | 11 replies
How things like social unrest can bring irreparable damage to my business if I invest poorly.
Abdul-Rahman Lediju
Newbie from Brooklyn, NY (Long-Time Lurker)
29 April 2015 | 8 replies
Hi All,Just wanted to introduce myself -- Abdul is my name, I live in Brooklyn (Prospect Lefferts Gardens area) and work in Manhattan, where I am an investment officer and attorney at a bank for a team focused on supporting socially-motivated enterprises.
Andy Pillinger
Seattle area REIA red loin Bellevue.
30 April 2015 | 2 replies
Set your keywords up, because we are getting ready to put together some more social meetups in the area.
Max Swagger
My seller financing plan would like some critiquing. Trying to buy first house :)
30 April 2015 | 7 replies
OK so I am wondering how viable the more experienced guys think this is:I target older people on social security that most likely have their house paid for.I leave a letter from me introducing myself to them and making them aware that I would like to buy their house in a win win seller financing agreementI would tell them that by financing their house themselves, I would pay them a better return than any bond, money market, or savings account.
Stuart Cairns
Issues with PMI
29 April 2015 | 7 replies
Have you investigated an FHA Loan at another Bank"The following information is from the internet.
Lee S.
Lease Option Nicer Homes
29 April 2015 | 7 replies
I think as @Steve Vaughan mentions "procuring cause" is an important issue with listing agreementsRemember that it's the sellers money that needs to be paid to the listing agent even if they fail to sell the house for a period of time after the listing expires if that listing was the reason why you found the property (MLS)What I do with the seller if we have an existing listing it hasn't expired yet but it's close to expiring, is to ask the seller to contact the broker of record, Bring your listing agreement with them, and have them cancel the listing in writing, specifically saying that if they do rent it or sell it down the road they are owed no moneyAnother possible solution is to give the agent/broker of record some money to reimburse them for marketing efforts, which include signs and Internet labor."
Andrea W.
BP just saved us $800!
30 April 2015 | 9 replies
Being a social person, my husband has gotten to know at least one of them.
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'Get a Piece a dat REI Pie' Pattern Phenomenon: Rash Expectations?
2 May 2015 | 4 replies
the 2nd association it resonates is the highly consumption-driven society we live in. in my area (coastal, urban southern california) i'm surrounded by 2 distinct lifestyles. there's the majority: seems like 95% of the local population who are renters, driving luxury cars, sporting fancy clothes, jewelry, hairdos, etc but obviously living paycheck to paycheck as exemplified by hardly a day somebody or the other is spotted getting their car repo'ed by a camera crew. the rarer are the landlords, who in this area seem to be of mostly asian demographics (chinese, koreans, japanese) who live obviously very frugally: old 80s model sedan, oldfashion business cloths, always eating simple meal from home, seemingly never splurging $$$ other than into expanding their portfolio), my observance is relatively very few landlords in the area own relatively huge portfolios, each.with the advent of these infomercials and the internet (ie, BP) more and more people want to get a 'piece of the REI pie' and more power to them. there does seem to be this dream of rags to riches and while its ok to dream, do most people actually expect their life to turn around like that, as portrayed in most of the infomercials or even in the everyday setting where the masses living paycheck to paycheck, are spending their last expendable dollars not on depositing into savings acount, but blowing $20 on scratchies etc. in summary, is my observation reminds me of my days when i worked on wall st and the 'ra trace' was so obvious with dime a dozen stock brokers makin 6fig salaries at some point but blowing it on recreational drugs apparently costing thousands of dollars a pop to the point the next week they are broke again and that $ wasnt invested but wasted.