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Hey everyone! I've had my eye on real estate investing for about a year now, particularly interested in starting with house hacking. However, after recently relocating to California for personal reasons, I've come to ...
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I own two properties free and clear, with a total value of $750,000. I live in one and rent out the other. I’ve been turned down for a HELOC by three different lenders (Penfed, US Bank, and Wells Fargo) all because ...
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Newly married Dallas couple seeking advice on house hacking a duplex. We currently have 50k in cash ready to deploy and have been researching real estate for a while now so we feel comfortable with the process. Howeve...
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Im really about to throw in the towel with finding an agent. I think I'll just keep working on getting my license instead. Just had an agent tell me that she probably has another agent that could help me with my crite...
So I'm from Los Angeles and thinking about investing out of state in the near furure. Just looking around on realtor.com I'm amazed to see homes listed at as low as $30,000 this has me wondering, can one finance these...
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Last week I pulled the plug on the purchase of a fourplex during inspection because the numbers weren't going to work out if the RE market dropped much and the property needed rehab the owner didn't want to deduct for...
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Folks...
So what do you do when they request highest and best to stay in the game on a house?
What are your strategies?
You increase a little (couple grand or 5k or 1k or substantial increase)
Or you don't incre...
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As a "cash buyer" I am (or was) on many wholesalers' buyers lists. There is a fairly recent trend where real estate agents/brokers are getting on the "re-wholesale" bandwagon and basically adding on an additional $5k-...
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So, I have a big beautiful newly renovated flat in a good location that I listed a little over a week ago. I have good pictures, a nice video (uncommon for my area), am priced below the competition, and have my listin...
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In general, I love to work on and see a project complete successfully. I currently work as an IT computer administrator, and there is a never ending line of projects to complete and I love the feeling of completing th...