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For anyone looking to buy their first piece of real estate, STOP (unless it is a four-plex with an FHA loan). I did this 2 years ago and it was the best financial move I have ever made. If you start buying other prope...
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Have been doing research to narrow down certain areas / cities to invest with buy-and-hold rental properties -- Florida continues to pop up in articles and when looking at metrics such as Pop Growth / Employment growt...
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I got out of the stock market in 2009 after taking a $300k loss. Ironically, I had made about the same amount by actually predicting the crash and shorting the market at the top. I thought I could predict the upturn a...
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Hi, ive been wanting to start out in the REI game through wholesaling properties, but have come across some information on BP that it is illegal unless your a licensed broker or have a mass amount of knowledge and ski...
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OK, so this is something I had no idea about but was just brought to my attention. I used to be a property manager for an apartment community, and I also was responsible for my leasing consultants getting paid their c...
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Is anyone using Tellus? It appears to be similar to Cozy, but offers free background and credit checks (no cost to landlord or tenant), and also has a decent android application (cozy does not). I've seen it mention...
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I think I may have posted this earlier in the wrong location.. Sorry
Ok, I have been reading about seller/owner financing and still I am a little confused. I am in a scenario where the seller owns the propert...
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We are well into finishing now, lets show some photos and move on.post 37 - more finishingOn these smaller inner city jobs it makes a lot of sense to get the trim and door work done before the cabinets. Usually the ...
Hi guys, I’m 23 years old and currently have a rental condo. The HOA has been raised to $330 a month so I plan on selling it and reinvesting what’s left after paying the debt off... I plan on buying a SFH or a multi f...