Good morning BPI am new to real estate, looking to invest in a nice starter home to live in New Jersey (south). I just began my search and looking into the price range of 130-170k.My credit score is good, and I qualif...
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Recently I purchased 2 of Mark Walters courses on the note business in which only educated me on strategies I can execute without providing any forms or actual instructions on "how-to" flip notes. That being said, I'm...
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I've been really looking at real estate investing the last few days and think I want to sell my current home (which we want to get out of anyways) and househack a duplex. This will give me a rental property for the f...
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Has anyone bought and used privatemoneygoldmine.com? Supposedly for $97 you get a list of private lenders who lend to RE Investors.
Hello BiggerPockets family!
I have a house under contract that I am using an FHA 203K loan to purchase. I am completely new to all of this and was hoping to get some advice from everyone here.
My first questions is...
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I have heard getting an LLC and EIN to manage my first rental as a business was good. But an experienced friend just told me that it is actually better to get Umbrella Insurance because if set up as an LLC I can still...
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The searches I made online seem to say that the max usury in AL is 8%. Can this be right? Does that mean if you provide seller financing that the max you can charge your buyer is 8%.
That seems very low considering ...
I found a mortgage broker online (on lending411) as I was annoyed with my national bank (which I found is being sued by the govt!) for giving me the run around and pretty much taking so long on my application.
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Came across the concept of real estate professional recently and was curious if anyone had elected to pursue this status. I understand the time requirements and being part time the 50% shouldn't be an issue. Just cu...
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Investment Info:
Single-family residence buy & hold investment in Cleveland.
Purchase price: $90,000
Cash invested: $22,500
1st out of state Turnkey Rental Property purchased from Martel Turnkey....