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I spent a few years in the mid west in little towns that mined lead. At one time, the real estate investors there probably thought “we use lead for everything, no way it could fail as a commodity. If I hold onto this ...
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So I am looking to purchase my first property in Ewing New Jersey (after looking at multi family (2-4) in other parts of jersey and NYC), and after doing about 20 calculations for rental properties in the area, and it...
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I'm looking for advice from anyone who has bought property in Costa Rica. It's been my dream to have a house within 60 seconds walk to a beach where I can surf, where I can step out on my front porch and both see an...
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Background:
I've always had an interest in owning rental property, but due to living in CA and my inexperience I had assumed it was only accessible to those with significant cash in the bank, so I figured it was som...
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The role of the Appraiser is an odd one: Way too much art (opinions) and way too little science (data-analytics), with way, way, way too little accountability. While the world embraces tech tools to automate workflow...
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This is a very subjective question, but I'd like to know which markets you think are going to prosper the most in the future. There are no right or wrong answers, just curious which markets you're betting on to see si...
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I've noticed a steady increase in the frequency of unsolicited mailers I receive offering my buy my house ("why worry about repairs, we'll buy you house as is, all cash, quick close" etc., etc.). I take this as a sign...
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We like the idea that this company caters/markets to investors; however, they denied one of our client's seemingly legit claims and it seems they trying to deny another one on a technicality. The second claim remai...