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I am a new member to this site, but I have been perusing the forums for quite some time. I appreciate all the knowledge you guys have contributed to these forums. I have very little background in r...
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I'm in the process of getting a mortgage for a two family that I will live in. The credit union I will be getting the loan from as a 30yr fix at 4% with PMI. They are also offering a variable 3.25% for a 5 year cap ...
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Hey BP!I was hoping to get some input on a potential opportunity that has come my way. I have yet to see the property but I ran some very conservative numbers and am still showing decent cash flow. The duplex has alre...
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Hi, new in Real Estate and I am looking for experienced Chicago area investors who can help/partner with me with wholesaling & flipping. I am trying to learn as much but I think the best way to learn is to lear...
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Say I use a hard money lender to get my foot in the door of an REO, once it's rehabbed, I put it back on the rental market. (As my exit strategy from the hard money loan) If I use conventional financing to get a refi,...
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I'm looking at a 6-flat that's listed for 600k with gross income of 68,400. My question is if I raise the rents and bring the gross income to 86,400 what's the equation I use to calculate the new value? The reason I...
I have been scouring the internet, wondering where self-directed IRA investors look to find real estate investment opportunities?
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I am from Portland Maine however I go to school in Framingham, Massachusetts. Would it be worth it to build equity for buy and hold properties by doing some small flips with a partner that is a general contractor? I...
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Good afternoon - after searching the forums, there is little in the way of recommendations for anyone in the state of Colorado that has used an attorney to draft trust documents and an associated deed to transfer owne...
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After some research I have found that many states require a broker's license to form a property management company (mine does) and it takes 3 years as a full time real estate agent to get a brokers license. Is there a...