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Hey everyone!I'm looking to purchase my first property! It's exciting but I've been at it for a while and it's been tough to find something. I'm in a high market right now (near Sacramento CA, Amador County to be spec...
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I'm worried about over-leveraging myself on my properties. My wife and I have our primary residence and a rental property (that we have owned for about 4 months). I'm thinking about using $20K of the $80k equity in m...
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Hello!I bought a house for $22,500 with cash of my own (since I didn't find a private lender on time) and sold it for $55,000 as-is with owner financing. My plan, BEFORE I sold it was to get a private lender to lend m...
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Suppose I have $1,000,000 loaned to a dentist to finance his medical equipment (decent credit background). The payments are due monthly over 5 years (60 months). The monthly payment is $21,247.04 for the life of th...
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Hi everyone,I'm a complete newbie at investing, and I feel like even with the books I've read there are still so many unanswered questions I have. For information, I'm a year out of college and have a very decent W2 i...
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Welcome to A Skeptical Dude’s Take on Real Estate: a frank, hopefully insightful, dive into real estate and financial markets. From one real estate investor to another.
Coming at you live from Nashville, TN.
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Hi All,A manager of mine recently fell ill, leaving me to manage in her stead. I hadn't managed in so long that I expected my management skills had atrophied(though in fairness, I never was skilled in that arena.) Les...
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Hello everyone!My name is Jen, and I am slowly getting more into the world of investing. I started off as a teacher for Deaf students, and now I work full time as a sign language interpreter. This has led me to a nich...
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I'm looking to start my REI journey in the next few months or so and I'm struggling to find properties that make sense finically. I'm looking for properties close to where I live in southern PA so I can manage my own ...
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Hi All, looking for a bit of guidance from my fellow travelers.About to hit 60 and I have left Florida for the NC mountains. The Fl house is a 3/3/3 pool home on the water and its paid for. (worth 850k)Over the past 1...