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I am thinking of getitng a list of absentee owners from a very known site and startind sending out letters to find asbentee owners sellers. Starting with 500 letters in the Houston area. Does this or will this actuall...
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I see a lot of people posting about getting 30 year mortgages on rental properties. All of the banks I talk to consider these 'commercial' loans since it isn't YOUR home. They'll only do 20 year loans. Am I missing so...
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Hey all, I’m in SW FL, Fort Myers area. Definitely feel free to guess for here or to provide your own experiences/statistics. Over the last two days I’ve had conversations with individuals who have no experience inves...
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I am about to take on management responsibilities for a few properties for an out of state investor. I have already looked up the laws in my state ((Maryland) and I do not need a broker or a license. My question is wh...
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I've been reading different financial forums like MMM and Early Retirement forums looking for opinions on paying off a mortgage whether rental property or primary.That lead to me reading this post on why a home is a h...
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I have 2 rental properties that I own on my name in Houston Tx since last 3 years. Property value is property 1 = $ 75 K and property 2 = 350K. I also own a single member LLC in Texas that I formed few years back for ...
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I am a new RE investor and I am constantly traveling with the military. I was wondering what people here think about investing in fundrise or other crowdfunding platforms like it? Thanks for the help.
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I am thinking of taking out a 200k HELOC on my personal property to buy 4 or 5 SF homes to add to my portfolio . The 200k will cover the 20% down on probably 4 homes, each one will cash flow $200- 500 per month, and I...
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My husband and I are slowing flipping homes. We live in each flip while we rehab and then sell. Can I treat these flips as a sale of my home? Until I get to a point that I no longer live in them? That way I still ...
I rent a room out in my SFH. It is currently rented for $100 per week. How will this affect my Taxes? Will I be able to deduct a portion of my mortgage and property tax as a cost of business? What other implications w...