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Hey all,Confused as to the current state of buying/selling after the NAR decision. Do I as a buyer need to pay my agent a negotiated 2-3% of the home purchase price? I do not see that home prices have dropped 2-3% and...
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Hi all and G'Day!My name is Lindsay Stewart, a real estate investor from Melbourne Australia, but currently focused predominately on property in the US. Specifically working in Detroit MI and Pensacola FL at the mome...
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Hi,I wasn't able to find this topic in a previous thread, so I thought starting a new discussion might work. I was wondering what thoughts there are for defining a market. I am from a relatively rural area, so it seem...
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There are always stories about people who were burned buying before the financial crisis a decade ago. Can we get some inspirational deal rundowns from people who have held from 2008-2010 purchases? What was the deal?...
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Hello all,I am in a situation where I have a duplex(both units 3/2 w/1-car garage at 400 sqft. each) in Round Rock,TX. I have been interested in RAL and its benefits as an investor but also as someone that has family ...
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TRUE STORY in progress! You got foreclosing lender A with a $30k 2nd Deed of Trust (mortgage) on a property with the sale scheduled June 15. You got foreclosing lender X with an unpaid $55k 1st Deed of Trust on the...
I just read a story online that states Las Vegas has the highest vacacy rate in the country. When I do buy, my first investment property will probably be in the Vegas area. Is anyone noticing a decrease in vacancy th...
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Hello, I think like most of us we are trying to make a living and maybe a few of us would like to be very successful. The issue I am having is that I can't tell if I have a passion or just a addiction to this busines...
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Today I read a great book. Some may know it "The Richest Man in Babylon." I am a store manager for a pizza place. I make a little more then 50k a year and I am always broke. So today I figured out my low and high of m...