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Hello everyone. My name is Rhonda and I am very new to real estate. The only work I have ever done was construction, fast food, and motel work. But due to physical reason I can no longer do this type of work. Every ti...
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Hi everyone!My girlfriend and I are getting started and will be closing on our first house-hacking deal in a month! We are both aeronautical engineers working for UTC in the Hartford area . We have plans to move to De...
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Hello everyone,I wanted to get your thoughts on the following rental application for a New Jersey property. This application covered most things - but I'm wondering if there's anything that was left out of if it's ask...
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Hi, I'm Jorge Aguilar. Wanted to share a little bit of what we have done so far as a way of introduction. I have a day job, so does the wife. We are using real estate investment as a way to increase wealth in the long...
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Hi all,I’m currently in a situation where I’ve got a Tax Burden of approximately $2 million. I need to reduce this with real estate investments before the end of the year. What can I do?I’ve been trying to develop a g...
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I realize this number will depend on your personal financial and life situation, but what percentage of your overall investment portfolio should be allocated to investment real estate? What is considered a conservativ...
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Main question: how do HELOCs affect your dti and how much does it change how much a lender will allow you to borrow?Fairly new investor here, working on first purchase of a property to use as STR, and hoping I didn’t ...
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Good Afternoon All,
My name is Elizabeth (Lizz is fine as well) and I am taking the step into real estate by wanting to become a bird dog for an experienced real estate investor in the Houston, Tx area. I dec...
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Good morning,So far this year, I have contributed $12k to my 401k. I'd like to contribute up to the max $19,500. I'm able to change my contribution percentage up to 75%. My pretax pay is $3912 per 2 weeks or $7825 p...
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My name is Robin, from Columbia, TN. (About an hour south of Nashville. Currently, I own the house I live in outright, and have two rental properties - one outright and one with quite a bit of equity.
Even with the ...