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Hi, I'm an MBA day job whose hobby has been real estate for years for no purpose but I think its fun. I've been dragging my husband to open houses and finding "deals" and watching them sell and playing games in my hea...
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I am listing my 1031 downleg next week. When should I get pre-approved for an upleg? Can anyone recommend how to go about finding a broker for a commercial multi tenant retail property?
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1% rule anywhere around Seattle is impossible long since. Now it looks very tight in Tacoma/Lakewood too, as far SFHs are concerned.I have been actively looking and almost all of SFHs are around 0.7-0.85% range. Even...
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When approving new tenants I do my best to screen out people who will not take good care of my property, in addition to screening for income, etc. My single-family home properties are not high-end but neither are t...
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We have several commercial loans for our portfolios. We are considering refinancing them now while rates are lower to increase our equity positions, lower our monthly payments, and reposition ourselves during this Pan...
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Hello all,I'm in the middle of my first home renovation. I have decided on 12mm laminate flooring (pad attached) from Lumber Liquidators which requires a 3 day acclimation period. My HVAC install date has been pushe...
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Hello family,
I am newbie in Real Estate Investing and I am looking for some advice from experience investor.
I am a father of 3 kids and renting a place to live with family and I would like to start investing in re...
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Hi Everybody, I am a new investor in the Atlanta area. My business partner and I have been very active in the CA market and I just moved to Atlanta and we would like to invest in this market. We are looking to build r...
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Hi,
We are selling our properties and want to reinvest via a 1031 exchange. We are looking for deals that are more passive. Our properties are going fast so wanted to put out some feelers.
Thanks,
Konrad
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Hello from Lower Delaware. I recently quit my day job to pursue a full time self employed gig drawing house plans. I have been doing house plans part time for over 20 years, many of those years I did carpentry or...