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I recently had a r/e agent tell me that their firm only transact with bank qualified buyers. Is this normal and why only bank qualified?? Or, was that person just being a jerk on a Friday🤷🏼♂️?
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Three years ago, my husband and I did a 1031 tax exchange for a rental property. The property is still a rental property and will continue to be, at least for the forseeable future, but I would like to put the propert...
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So my wife and I are starting to look for a house to buy with our IRA, and then rent out, probably in Florida. This is something we have been considering for a couple years, and understand the procedure and rules. ...
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I like to buy and hold single family homes for rental. I have a strategy that has been working very well for me. Of course, conventional financing is becoming increasingly difficult. I've seen other financing metho...
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I think I could write a book sometimes with some of the crazy stories from owning and managing vacation rentals. I'd love to hear your stories and how you've addressed the issue to prevent it from happening again (if ...
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Not technically a real estate company, however, due to their large amount of RE holdings/assets, this is the place for this thread.
As many of you know, there is a BP thread about the terrible business practices of B...
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Hey guys I have a question. I am probably different than a lot of you in the fact that I deal in mainly land instead of houses. I do really well in this business and deal in the market of hunting and recreation lan...
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I have worked with a realtor on several deals over the past few years, including commercial properties. I told her that I am looking into flipping houses (all cash deals), and when she sends me the MLS listings she m...
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They would be an absolute except a few people get lucky and put everything they have into a rental property and nothing goes wrong for a year or two, giving them time to build up cash reserves. Then again a few peopl...
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Greetings BP'ers...As part of a 1031 exchange, I have purchased a handful of short term rental properties in the last few mos. I have about 1 week left on my initial 45 day period to put properties under contract to ...