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I've been looking into ways of getting into real estate by doing short sales with banks as my first avenue to get started. I guess I would be considered a "bird dog." This would be to get me started. The whole fore...
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I am currently saving up to buy my first property (a househack) while finishing grad school. I have a job lined up in Dallas, which is theoretically great for long term appreciation. However it's also highly competiti...
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Hey guys, i'm pretty new to REI, and I had an intetesting conversion with my grandfather the other day. My grandpa has a pretty impressive portfolio of SFR and small multifamilies worth about $5,000,000.... and it's a...
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I am trying to wholesale my 1st property. I contracted for 35k + my fee. Investor went to look at it today. When I called her to get feedback she wouldn't answer phone, but later sent me an email offering me $15k. She...
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Hello everyone, for the last year and a half I have been deeply considering and researching purchasing a vacation home. When I say that I mean, I want to buy a property and be able to visit there once in awhile, b...
Went by to check out a house today, and talked to one of the neighbors.
She said she's seen a ghost in the house next to the one I am interested in, and knows other people who have, too.
She said that house is a ren...
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Starting with no money in your pocket? Or do you have a little that you would like to stretch and use to buy 5 properties instead of one? Here are my top 5 strategies for investing with little to no money of your own...
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I realize there is no sure fire way to guarantee a lender will agree to a short sale and in a lot of cases it seems to come down to "the bottom line", will it be it more profitable; or should I say less costly; tha...
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Hi All, I have a 13 year old rental property in Austin that needs 4 lbs. of R22 refrigerant. I'm being told by the HVAC contractor that because of the phase-out R22 is $125/lb. If I'd like to find the leak that will c...
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Of all the proposed housing bills proposed during the 2023 legislative session this bill has the ability to single handedly push more landlords out of the business and reduce the number of available properties for ren...