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There is so much speculation among realtors, lenders, and real estate investors about the “shadow inventory.” I wonder what’s really going on behind the scenes at the banks with regard to releasing inventory? Does any...
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Hi all,I own a townhouse in Bellingham, MA that I have rented for the past four years. Our tenants lease came up at the end of December and we are now under contract to sell at the end of January. The tenants left t...
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I'll try to make this not too crazy complicated. We recently bought an 11 unit complex. The aquired leases were handwritten, one page and very lacking. We have been rehabbing the empty units and significantly raisin...
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Hi everyone,I'm pretty new to real estate investing, but will be ready to make my first purchase within the next few months - provided that I find a good deal. A good deal, to me, would be a multifamily (hopefully 3 t...
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I'm about to start my first Direct Mailing Campaign. I wanted to reach out to a few of you and see what content you have used, in your letters, in the past that has been the most successful - when reaching out homeown...
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Okay so I am a newbie looking for his first investment.Some background.. I live in Bethlehem, PA (Lehigh Valley) and graduated from Lehigh University last spring. I have a job with the electric company (a fortune 500 ...
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Hi everyone!My name is Sonia, currently living in California but in the process of moving back to the Pacific Northwest. I have experience in buying several homes but purely for my and my family’s primary residence.I ...
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so I was online the other day looking at properties. I found one I think would be a good flip. Mind you I am new to REI, I have no experience and I never flipped a property before. I have been reading a lot of real es...
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Can you avoid or defer most of the taxes if you have an investment property inside of an LLC by using depreciation or maybe even in conjunction with a self directed or rollover IRA? If so what are the proper steps and...
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What do I need to do to get realtors to respond in hot markets? Is it unreasonable to expect a response within 1/2 hr? Maybe I need to call the sellers agent myself? Responses are appreciated....that you!