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Think about a couple facts.
The most recent reporting period, February 23, 2021, a total of 2.7 million homeowners remain in active forbearance. That represents 5.1% of all mortgages.About 160,000 of these forbear...
Hi all! My name in Ruary, I live in Midland, MI I bought my first Home back in 2015 With my VA home loan and now I am ready to get in to the real estate investment market. I want to get my first rental this year "hope...
Oh crap!
Forgot about this. Names George been in Vegas for .. Along time now. Haha. Watched the market build up then crash here and then start to come back. The large eye sore with the fountain blue and other...
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Hi everyone!My name is Karen. I'm new to the site which was recommended from a friend. I've been in love with real estate since buying my first home in 2003. I always thought you had to have money start investing i...
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Bought a house that sat vacant for a while and renovated it over the course of a couple years. Never lived in it, and much of the renovation I did myself. The area has a couple houses that were renovated and sold, ...
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The best real estate investing book I've ever read… The steps in this book are so practical and easy for anyone—with any income, living in any city—to follow.
—Grant Sabatier, Author of Financial Freedom & Cr...
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Has anyone used the hard money lending company, 'Do Hard Money' before? Is it standard for HMLs to ask for a one-time deposit of $3000 that includes: 1) evaluators going out to property to determine whether it's a go...
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Don't know why Palm Beach is not on the list here in Florida.....But here I am.I am an investor located in Palm Beach County. Currently I am Quasi House Hacking.My Wife bought the house with the intention of making it...
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I am thinking about investing in the rental industry and was wondering whether it'd be ideal to take out a mortgage as an owner-occupied and get the lowest rates for mortgage and then stay in the property for a couple...
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I see this metric of gross income should be 3x or 4x rent and cannot see how this can possibly be useful other than a preliminary "should I even bother looking at this app".
I think a more useful metric would...