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Becoming a successful investor is my dream. I am in the military and am starting from scratch, living in San Diego but from Arizona.
My fiance and I are looking to get into real estate, and we are planning as our first step (after making sure our budget can afford it) to get preapproved for a 2nd loan. Our first home is where we live and is mortgag...
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The seller wants $260,000 for a duplex with 8 bedrooms, he is willing to manage it and guarantee rents for 12 months as part of the deal. It's in an area with a lot of transient oil refinery workers, they are often we...
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Hello , I’m a marine corps veteran with a current VA home loan that’s my primary. My goal is to get a second property , tried a second VA home loan but my COE is capped . I am now open to other ways of financing , lik...
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Hello everyone!I am fairly new to real estate investing. I moved to Indianapolis in 2012 for a job and moved up in the company pretty quickly. At first I decided to go back to school and get a couple masters degrees...
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How do you find reputable hard money lenders that will lend in Ohio?
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From an article in the Scotsman Guide, traditional mortgage brokers often make mistakes when submitting hard money loans to hard money lenders. Because traditional brokers are well versed on how a bank lender likes to...
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Hello Fellow Investors, Looking for advice on how to make my next investment happen. I have a duplex (2/1) in St. Louis, MO that I purchased just two years ago. The financing is at 9% with a balance of $45k. I'd like ...
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I am up against my DTI ratio for a traditional mortgage and I have been looking in to the DSCR option and it from what I am seeing it looks like a decent way to continue to scale. Does anyone have insight on what the ...
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Hoping I can get some input as our refi situation seems to be changing constantly. Current mortgage is at a 4.625% 30 year. Payment is $1276. The goal is to get under $1200 a month payment so we decided to refi with t...