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Has anyone over had tenants pay for 5 months up front? Curious to know how other landlords see that or have handled it in the past. Had a tenant just sign a lease income and references checked out, she paid the secur...
I am currently house hacking and want to know what the best way is to maximize return on Schedule E. 1. Dividing expenses - I see some post saying that I should just divide the unit by half. In my case, my tenants spa...
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I know that when a new tenant offers to pay upfront its a red flag. However, for an existing (good) tenant anyone ever consider offering a plan where rent can be paid in advance in return for a discount? I am in soft...
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I have a couple posts on here regarding our situation so I am not going to go into detail on this post. I was wondering how I go about finding an investor, experienced in purchasing REO's, negotiating for the best pri...
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I'm a new BRRRR investor looking for my first single-family deal and I just finished David Green's book on the BRRRR strategy. I've been listening to BP podcasts and came across two podcasts that mention delayed finan...
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Hey Folks!I went to my first Denton County, TX Sheriff's Sales yesterday and it was an interesting experience. Thankfully my county is not huge so it was not a complete zoo. I am told that the Dallas County Tax Sale i...
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Anyone working Richard Roop's Free-n-Clear strategy?
Lynn (FL)
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Hello I am a young entrepreneur. This year I have done pretty well and am blessed and burdened to have quite a tax bill coming in April of 18 looking to be around 40k When asking my CPA what I can do with the money to...
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Hi everybody, I am so glad I found this site. So far it has been a treasure of information!
We are new to real estate investing in the rental aspect. We have bought and sold homes as primary residences, but we are ...
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thoughts?
Quick question: I have the funds to cover the 3.5% FHA required down payment.
I would like to put in an offer on a home asking is 172,600.
Offer 180,000.
Seller pays up to 7,400 Closing cost (bank fees, etc...