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Hi there! I'm still in the "information gathering" phase of the deal, but I've spent the last few days educating myself on hard money loans, the costs associated with them, and the problems that people experience in g...
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Have a contract with a seller for a house in good shape but discounted because of their personal reasons. Have a buyer, qualified to purchase, ready to pull the trigger immediately. Have a closing agent ready and will...
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Hi all! I'm new to real estate investing and figured I'd start a thread to document the journey. Feel free to offer input/advice as I'm looking to learn from those more experienced and successful than myself. A bit of...
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Often, prospective tenants will come and request a certain demand. - “ Well, can you paint this a different color “ - “ Well, what about the outside, will you update the gardens? “ - what about the dust? Seems dusty e...
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Has anyone had any experience with this organization? I'd appreciate any recent first hand experience.
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I'm new to investing and wanted to get some advice/perspective on 2 things...1. For someone new to real estate investing that wants to do long term rentals, do you recommend starting off in an area close to them/an ar...
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I am interested in transitioning into the so cal market. I wanted to network with other investors about the market in that area! Any pointers, locations to avoid, what strategies are working in that market etc... I am...
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HELP!! So I have a tenant who let someone stay with him, but did not tell me about the person staying beyond the terms of the lease - 2 weeks. It turns out that person is ready to play the system and when I went to ...
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I have called several local title companies and it seems they just don't offer the right service for doing a title search prior to a trustee auction. They seem structured to only provide the full escrow service.
I'...
Here's the situation:
I'm looking at possibly purchasing another investment property. It's an upper/lower duplex. It's a big place, about 2,000 square feet. The lower unit is a 2BR 1 Bath and the upper is a 1...