Julio Gonzalez
One of Real Estate's Best Kept Secrets
If you are wanting to sell your real estate property, but are worried about paying taxes on the capital gains, a great strategy to consider is a 721 Exchange. Section 721 of the Internal Revenue code allows an investo...
Stephen Blalock
All of Memphis and Shelby County property data
How valuable is it to have the ability to search on any aspect of all public records of Shelby County (Memphis, TN)?For instance, in the public Shelby County assessor site you cannot currently search for "all duplexes...
Maribel Canino
Keep inherited property or sell?
Any tools or formulas that should be used when deciding this?
My sister and I have inherited my mother’s house, no mortgage.
Options are:
1-Rent it
2-Buy out my half and rent it (would need a home equity loan-?)
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Josh Sandefer
Redfin
How accurate would you say Redfin is for analyzing properties? To my knowledge it is supposed to be an accurate depiction of the MLS, but any opinions would be appreciated.Disclaimer: I am not using Redfin to purchas...
Kyle Soudalan
How do you pull comps?
Even though I've bought several rental properties over the years, I always feel like an amateur when I first look at a deal and try to pull comps. It feels like manually comparing it to other properties in the area on...
Jason Barnett
$1 Home sales
I've been checking this out recently. I found out that whenever a HUD-foreclosed home is on the market for 6 months that it automatically gets sold for $1. Obviously homes that get sold like this are going to need w...
Shanequa J.
Pulling comps in Houston
How do agents pull comps? Recently, I picked 3 sold houses off of HAR's map view. The value was 145k. But when I use the instant CMA tool the value is 133k. My filters are no minimum, no maximum, 6 months sold, and 1....
Tony H Truong
How accurate is Zillow
Hi I want to know how accurate zillow rent estimates, their "zestimates" and the comparable comps they give. Also is there any other website that gives you compts and rent? other than zillow and rent-o-meter? Thank you!
Steven Cobb
How do I finds comps?
Hi everyone,I’m in the education part of learning about wholesaling. My question is this:If I find a distressed seller that is willing to sell, how do I know what the property is actually worth? How do I know what pri...
Mike C.
Property data in spreadsheet format
What are some resources which will allow me to analyze large sets of sold and listed properties in an Excel format, other than the MLS directly? (I'm not an agent and would prefer not to bug one with data request for...