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What is the legal definition of full time residency once you’ve purchased a property under an FHA or conventional loan? Does it differ from bank to bank in regards to the conventional aspect? Would 178 days out of a y...
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I'm a teacher and new to this so I'll try to make this short. We own 1 house. It's in California and it's financed with a VA loan. We have equity (prefer not to tap into this yet) and the 20% down needed for up to a $...
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I'm brand new to investing, so I'd like some feedback on my ideas of getting started. I'm 53. I've been teaching abroad for 20 years. I keep hearing and reading about how important it is to keep one's big-picture goal...
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Currently, I am saving to purchase my first STR. I'm hearing from most lenders that they require 20% down if the property is not considered a primary residence. Does anyone have any creative methods to obtain funding ...
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Hello BP! My name is Ben Reichenberger, a Project Engineer for a commercial general contractor. After spending the first quarter-century of our lives in the Seattle, WA area, my wife and I have relocated this last we...
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Aloha! My name is Azlina. I ran into this forum searching for Bid4Assets review. It is such a resource. We own and manage a few vacation rentals here in Hawaii and are interested in exploring other mainland location...
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Hello Everyone,Any Canadian real estate investors here? Any chapters or groups from Canada?
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We have 2 tenants that would like to stay at our MTR. Both workers on the pipeline. Nice, older gentlemen. Blue-collar workers. They are in an extended stay now, and looking to be roommates so they can not spend month...
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Looks like the emergency spending bill passed this evening (12/20/2020) and extended the eviction moratorium until the end of January . There’s potential for an even further extension when that one expires as well
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Did today's executive order that puts a moratorium on evictions just good and rightly screw landlords across the nation?
While he also signed an EO that extended extra UI benefits to those unemployed, it is maxed out...