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I've been purchasing rentals using my own money for the last 10 years. I've ran across a few mentor programs that teach how to bring in investors for the down payment, remodel, refi out investor and hold for yourself ...
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Hi--any general thoughts out there on small mixed use properties? A few apartments and a small retail space type of mixed use property? I'm wondering if they are worth the extra cost of a commercial loan (and extra ...
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Hi Everyone - I just wanted to share what I learned. At Rentwell Property Management we just launched petscreening.com (which is amazing). Using their service we just launched a new guarantee where we will cover pet d...
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Hi everyone, I like a lot of people signed up a few months ago but never posted a new member post. My name is Dustin Bowling and I'm a local Sheriff Deputy in Covington Indiana and for the last 10 years I have been...
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My husband has been in real estate for quite some time, but I decided to join the bandwagon. I am trying to do this all alone so that I can learn better. I have properties I would like to buy in Kokomo, Indiana. I nee...
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I know there are a variety of screening practices used by landlords and property management companies. Personally, I follow this standard for every application I receive:
- Income of at least 3 times the monthly rent...
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I like watching a lot of youtube videos on real estate, the markets, etc. Some forecasters are claiming we will have a meltdown similar to '08. I do not agree. In '08 we did not have the same type of market. We had in...
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We're lucky enough to start our own crews on getting a consistent job level to be able to hire our own team. The problem now is that managing these people appears to be impossible without some type of supervision. We'...
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Hey guys! I'm a recent graduate from the Chicago area with a bachelor's degree in architecture. I'm not sold on the idea of trading my time for money until the day I die, so I'm pursuing buy and hold rentals as a mean...
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My husband and I are looking into our first investment property. We are based in North Dallas area. Initially we were thinking on a duplex in Lubbock area since DFW is such a competitive market right now (we won’t be...