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A week or two ago there was a discussion regarding the 50% rule based on this "positive cash flow" article by John T Reed (actually Reed uses 45%, but that's neither here nor there for my question).In the article Reed...
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Dear Members,I am in the process of creating my spreadsheets with the various expenses, income and formulas for cap rate, NOI etc.,Just wondering this is already present somewhere in the site? and don't want to re-inv...
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Hey I been thinking about trying auction.com out for the 4th quarter and 1st of 2025. Have any of you used that platform for real estate investing before? If so how was your experience? Any recommendations
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I would appreciate any recommendation for cold callers or cold calling services. Please reply with your recommendations.....thank you
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I know there are tons and tons of internet calculators you could use to calculate the monthly payment of a loan but I'm looking for the actual formula that is used. Could someone please find this for me or at least e...
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Hi all,
Has anyone noticed Section 8 rental payments decreasing lately? I have several 3/1 1000 sq ft duets that have previously been renting to Section 8 tenants for 1350-1395. Sometimes I will rent to tenants with...
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I am new to the Tampa area and looking to buy a small multi-family property to house hack this summer. I have begun analyzing properties in the Tampa, Clearwater, St. Pete area. Being new to real estate and analyzing ...
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How can I find out what the differential is between the value of distressed property, and the retail value of SFR's in a particular area?
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This question may be more specific to my market of Washington DC but maybe you can still help.I recently attended a REIA where a rehabber presented his latest flip and the entire process. At the end he shared his fina...
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When I am dealing with wholesalers or Realtors they almost always ask for my formula. I tell them, there is no formula, if you think it is a deal, send it to me and I'll run MY numbers on it and let you know.
If it ...