So my wife and I live in a rental. We have rental insurance and car insurance with State Farm.
I also have a rental property with State Farm and got them to consider my rental property for the multiple policy disco...
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I have about $60k equity into my personal home. I'm interested in purchasing a duplex around $30-50k. I don't have much to put down as a down payment. Would it be wiser for me to take out a home equity loan on my pers...
I never buy deals off of the MLS. There is too much competition and I like getting good prices.My last couple of deals were based on Tired Landlords and vacant properties.For instance, in California there are 93,803 v...
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Hi Everyone,I have an investment property generating 1.7k per month at a 2.5 rate which I plan to keep forever. However, my personal residence has a 30 year 5.875 fixed rate. Im debating if its a good idea to refinanc...
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My wife and I are split 50/50 on wether or not to pay off all our existing debt such as student loans and auto payments before we take on more debt to invest into real estate, or we begin saving to buy our first renta...
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It seems to me that there are generally two "camps" of investors. Equity market investors and real estate investors. I am the former and am hoping to recreate at age 54 and develop into a home "flipper" and build a re...
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Hi guys,We are getting ourselves into position to make our first purchase in 2018. I spoke with a local lender recently from Movement Mortgage and he told me that I wouldn't be able to get an investment property loan ...
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Just curious how the DIY REI married crowd handles banking. Is your money merged? Is your money separated. Do you take a hybrid approach? Does being a RE Investor influence that decision?Wanted to take an informal pol...
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It seems like they might be jumping the gun a bit. Yesterday they had an article that small time investors are leaving the stock market. But people...
I bought a lake house in July 2016 with the original intent of renting it out and then possibly retiring there in 10 years. I didn't actually rent it until 2019. During 2019 it rented for a total of 52 STR days (19 b...