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Hi BP forums,I am very new to REI. I am interested in purchasing a multifamily home in Los Angeles CA or surrounding areas. The idea is to occupy one unit and rent the other units out. I have never purchased a home an...
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Hola everyone! I'm taking this time to learn about Real Estate Investing. I dont know much but I'm okay with that because I'm looking forward to network, learning and trying different things. I taught myself over the ...
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Just an FYI.
Yesterday, I received two letters from my credit union regarding two mortgages that I have with them. These letters requested that I call the mortgage department of the credit union ASAP in order to di...
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For the last year, I have been using a service called honestrenter.com for lower (<700) credit score applicants. So far all that have taken the test (and scored highly) are excellent tenants. I recently for the fir...
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Hey everyone. So, full transparency, I am the one within my small syndication of investors poor planning to get into the market in the next year. I am curious how much my consumer proposal which was filed January of 2...
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I'm curious as what some investors here were doing before, during and after the housing bubble/crisis and what are your plans for the next credit cycleFor me, I had my primary residence and one rental and was too poor...
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Judicial,Collateral,Unsecured,Secured,Seller,Syndication ~ confirmed
Mortgage Brokers (sophistication, in lending terms) "15% ROI Margins" ~ confirmed ROI unknown tho…
Tax attorney(Roth,Judicial, Sophistication) "1...
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Recently bought a house to live in with my family. Crappy house in a nice neighborhood type of deal. Did something I have done before and funded the renovations with 0% credit cards of various kinds. Renovated literal...
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I've been reading another forum and they recommend charging twice the security deposit if the FICO score(s) is below 600. Has anyone tried this and if so were the people willing to pay?
Also I was wondering how peop...
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This is a new one to us. We just rented a new to us house. The person filled out the application and I ran a full background check on them. Credit and employment history came back positive. I called the listed previou...