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I'm Currently screening tenants for the first time. I plan on using a service to help, but I want to dig up as much useful information I can find for free online. On a video I heard about "searching the public record...
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Hello all, So some of you may or may not be aware of the practice of buying second hand Lowe's/HD gift cards online in return for a little discount. It was something I started to do every now and again. Didn't see muc...
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Hi BP Forums!I am currently researching the California LA County Tax Auction. Does anyone have experience with this? I have several questions and any info would be helpful. See below questions.Any books or websites I ...
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Hi I have a real estate LLC that was recently started. I want to open up a bank account for the LLC. Wanted to know what is the best kinds of bank that is real estate investor friendly. Just don't want to walk in to...
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I see a lot of short sales on my MLS. Just curious if anyone specializes in buying (unapproved) short sales listed on the MLS?
The obvious advantages over a typical short sale transaction is that you don't have to ne...
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First time poster long time lurker. I was looking around on Hudhomestore.com and clicked on the link "To view HUD Homes available for auction please click here". That link to me to the hudsonandmarshall.com auctioneer...
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I owe back taxes on my property, i bought my property through a company here in the uk and they said they would sort everything for me, but im left to sort it out, so how do i find out how much i owe and who do as...
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Hi, does anyone know the best way to get a list of borrowers struggling/past due/delinquent with their mortgage in New Jersey? Are there vendors selling lists. Also, I remember someone saying that the city tax or Cla...
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Have a property that I want to Owner Occupy it is a fixer upper, it has squatters. The listing agent says it can't be shown and not accepting any offers. There were 17 days "first look" when I first saw the property ...
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Hi,We are considering turning one of our vacant apartments into a section 8 and was wondering if people can share their positive/negative experience. I have zero experience on section 8 so I have some questions. Any g...