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I'm an investor in SoCal and when I'm not at work, I'm most likely researching real estate.
Recently, via CL, I began looking into what the going rental rates were in areas I purchase - simply out of curiosity. Oddl...
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Realtytrac came out with a report last week that showed tremendous increases from 2011 in the foreclosure start rates in several U.S. States including New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and New York. New Jersey reporting a sho...
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I was noticing there have been updates to the Tacoma Municipal Code 1.95 which covers Rental housing.I found this article explaining much of it (https://www.wmfha.org/news/details-about-tacomas-n...) , but I am still ...
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Philadelphia has seen an insane amount of development and growth. Young professionals are migrating from NYC down south to the city of brotherly love, and as a result has seen population density increase drastically p...
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This is an interesting article discussing the end of the forbearance program. The number of homes coming off the program is 1.5 million, with 1.3 million as inventory nationally now.As they note, many will resume payi...
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West Coast to East Coast BPS,I have been considering jumping coasts for some time now. I have probably about 20 Aunts and Uncles over in the Jacksonville area and countless amounts of cousins so my sphere would be qu...
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This news just sparked my interest:http://www.reuters.com/article/us-paraguay-brazil-...There are many foreign industries, mainly from Brazil, that settle in Paraguay to produce goods and later export those products t...
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I just saw this article and thought it might be of interest to the community:https://www.engadget.com/amazon-alexa-residential-smart-home-apartments-162801943.html"Amazon wants to make it easier to have a smart home w...
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Recently found out that a few small MF I'm thinking of purchasing have section 8 tenants on a year lease, which is fine, I just want to know what I'm getting into. Is there anyway I can vet the tenant before I go ahea...
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I am a 31 year old who is interested in investing in real estate with the goal of living off my investments and leaving behind the typical 9-5 job. I am happily married and have a young son. I recently relocated to No...