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I am planning to use my home equity line of credit that I received on my primary residence to put a down payment on a rental property. During the application process for the HELOC, I told the bank that I would be usin...
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This is very long. It goes over in detail what happened to me, what caused it. How i came to buy my first home and why desperation caused me to think out of the box for a solution to repair my life and the steps i did...
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Hello All, I am bidding on properties in Florida almost every day and looking for some insights to save some time. For those that are experienced you know that this is A LOT OF WORK! We get O&Es, drive the propert...
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Do you pay off the mortgage at a higher rate? Do you put the money into savings for THAT property incase it needs work? Do you put it into its own savings account to use for future investments?
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One thing I've never understood is landlords won't do a thing during a tenant's lease. Then, upon turnover, they go gangbusters.
I try to put in small upgrades once or twice a year. The reason is twofold: 1. I want t...
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What does a real estate agent do that would be hard for me to do on my own? How can we both benefit?
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I have been going crazy with a disorganized mess. 8 rentals and everyone pays different ways etc. I decided that I want to set all my rentals up on Cozy.co and manage them better. So far I really like the system and m...
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Challenge… I personally ask you to “Step Up!”
I have two challenges for you…
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