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New mortgage originations fell over 23% month-over-month and a stunning 47% year-to-date according to Black Knight (formerly LPS). As they show in their detailed presentation, with a 65% year-over-year drop, new mo...
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I just heard on the podcast today that Illinois definitely isn't.Are there any others to avoid?This is going to be our first investment property so we're trying to make it as stress-free as possible.
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Hi BP!We went live with our first two properties yesterday and have bookings in November already. Excited to start on this journey!I had a few questions.1) I have seen post about lease agreements, and how some host se...
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Hi All,I've read through most of the posts on tenants wanting to break their lease, but wanted to post this slightly different flavor here...My tenants just called yesterday w/ a situation... we have a 5 bedroom house...
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I had a tenant that the lease was signed March 1st 2018 to 2019. last time he paid rent was in August. Come September been calling him in first week. Then he calls that plans to leave because relocation of his job....
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Hi right next door to my current two duplexes a triplex has opened up. Property is in Chehalis WA not Tacoma. $665K Asking I put in and offer for $650K that was accepted. I put $6500 in earnest down this past Friday, ...
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Problem:I wanted to know how to do other agents deal with Religious clients or other clients in general that are not easy to work with. I have clients that I am working with now. That has offered $10,000 less than ask...
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Hey! So I just closed on my first rental property and have it posted on Zillow, it is in a desirable area and I priced it competitively when directly comparing it to other listings. It has been listed on Zillow for 4 ...
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I came across in rent to retirement podcast that there is a 5% downpayment option for investment properties from a credit union. Does anyone know the name of credit union and used it for lending to buy investment prop...
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"Everything looks great"If you're new to being a landlord and use property managers, even out of town, I share this story to encourage you to ALWAYS do your own move out inspection.One of my PMs recently told me they ...