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My wife and I want to get into flipping houses. We are thinking about buying a fixer upper that we can stay in while we remodel it.We live in Houston, TX/Galveston, TX area and have 15K in cash, so we'll need a loan t...
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I'm hoping to capture some depreciation by doing so. Plus I look forward to 1031 exchanging it without having to wait to move out again and turning it back to a rental for a year before being able to do so. As it stan...
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Freddie Mac’s website explains the Homepossible mortgage as “A responsible, low down payment mortgage option for first-time homebuyers and low- and moderate income borrowers”. What Freddie fails to explain is how gr...
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Undoubtedly everything can be found for free on the internet, books, and what have you. However, I really want to know all I can about real estate and let my questions and doubts dissipate. For example, I remember whe...
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I am just wondering if out of state investors/oos investors would find it helpful to work with a local expert that was not trying to "sell" them a property but instead someone who is advising them and letting them kno...
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I have had a lot of trouble with no shows for unit viewings lately (mostly at multi-family properties, not big apartment complexes). I go through the process of initial contact with someone who puts in an inquiry (via...
I am looking at a property that has been tied up in a chapter 7 bankruptcy for a couple years. The property value is likely below the debt against the property. It appears that Seterus bank took the mortgage as the ow...
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I am trying to run the numbers on an owner occupied duplex that needs a few things before it's livable for me. I am almost sure that I put the numbers in wrong a few times because I got 2 totally different outcomes. O...
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Curious to know if anyone has tried Realtor.com's lead generation program (or anyone else's for that matter). I took the chance and paid (a good amount of money) for an expected 20 leads/month but in two days i've re...
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My wife and I purchased a SFR in San Diego, CA in 2015 with an fha loan. Appreciation has been great and I've refinanced out of that loan to a conventional loan and opened up a HELOC with 58k available. We want to mov...