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Greetings all,Just getting started in making Real Estate my living, but not new to owning property, being a landlord, or dealing with problems. I will share some of my own stories later, but for this post I wanted to...
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I'm in the process of buying my first rental property in Lincoln Park and in a sticky situation. The owner claimed it was zoned as a 3 flat, but the zoning certificate came in as a 2 flat a few days before closing. ...
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Hello, we had hired a contractor back in September to gut and renovate our 3 bathrooms and kitchen, as well as apply 600 sq ft of flooring. The contract stated timeline is an estimated 8-10 weeks. As of January, we ba...
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Any one a land lord to Starbucks I’m trying to get them in my building and it seems I’m getting blowed off even had my county commissioners attorney write letters to them. Any advice will be awesome. Thanks
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I really need suggestions, as I have never dealt with something like this before. Appraisals in our county generally take over a month once scheduled. Therefore, most escrow times here are set for about 60 days. We...
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Do any investors in the Austin area invest primarily out of state? Finding deals in Austin seems to be extremely difficult and even though I know of people that have success in DFW and SA I'm still interesting in disc...
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building on the post that recently described the new laws in colorado springs, i came across this one which on the surface seems would decimate the market in CO and most all ski communities would see a flood of sales ...
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Hi folks - long time reader here.My wife and I are scoping out a SF property in Somerville. It has the bones and sq ft to be converted into a multifamily though we have a limited understanding of the MF conversion pro...
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I get why 30 year loans are best, and I'm not posting to debate that. I'm trying to achieve it.
I've called 10 different banks mostly small or local credit unions. I can't find anyone who gives 30 year loans. I'm pur...
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1) Partner w/ Experts (Credibility) - Partnering with someone that has a track record helps a ton. My credibility as a person yes but had I said this was my first project, I'm sure my success would not have been so s...