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Like most of you reading this I realized the massive potential of real estate and thought “Wow How do I get started”. I was 24 years old, broke, but had decent credit. At the time I had a friend who for the purpose of...
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Good afternoon! How many of you collect rents online and do tenants like it or seem bothered by having to set it up etc? I feel weird with tenants knowing our home address to mail checks. We are buying two new investm...
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So I placed an offer on a SFR, the listing agent told me through my agent that "The seller has received a second offer on this home and is requesting a 'highest and best' offer from the buyers by 5:00pm tomorrow" . Ho...
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My 11 year old daughter has about $12k in funds she was given from her grandfather. I have custodial responsibilities for that money. I was thinking of purchasing a property and I would be the credit partner and she...
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Hey Folks,April 15th is right around the corner and I constantly see the same tax questions pop up in the forums. Hopefully this thread can help serve as a running list of real estate tax questions and answers. Ideall...
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acceleration clauseA clause in your mortgage which allows the lender to demand payment of the outstanding loan balance for various reasons. T...
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I lost some sleep last night. I'm having problems renting my SF. The price is now at 1850 plus utilities. The argument often heard is "well you can own a home for what you're paying in rent." So I wanted to look a...
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Over the years I’ve seen many questions here on BiggerPockets forum related to various aspects of using self-directed Solo 401k real estate investing. But the challenge is that those questions are spread out across pr...
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I recently read Rich Dad Poor Dad and decided I wanted to pursue financial freedom via REI. I am a 24 year old who graduated college with about $30,000 in student loan and pay-day loan debt and will be acquiring abou...