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Im considering investing i na new construction condo in Tulum or other outlying areas or possibly a home.. Does anyone have any experience with Tulum? I wanted to buy as a second home and use it as a vacation and on t...
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So, following the near unanimous advice of everything I could find, because I have well over 10k in state and local taxes (and will likely opt for the standard deduction under the new tax bill), I went down to the Cit...
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OK - So I've dismissed personally investing in turnkey markets for a while, mostly because I have unrelenting faith in the long-term prospects of my home city of Denver, CO. BUT, I have now bought a substantial amount...
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If you pass all of the qualifying tests and indicate at tax time that you’re a real estate professional, does that allow you to use all of your losses to offset gains?i know as a non-real estate professional you are l...
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Following the reading of invest in debt, the author is a big proponent for borrowing long and lending short.
I’d like to gather some thoughts from other savvy paper investors on this subject. When I create a note is...
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I have been searching online for mailing lists for commercial multi family properties and came across a site called “Reonomy”? Has anybody ever used them before? If not, who do you use other than ListSource?Disclaimer...
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Welcome to A Skeptical Dude’s Take on Real Estate: a frank, hopefully insightful, dive into real estate and financial markets, from one real estate investor to another.
Coming at you live from Nashville, TN.
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Hey anyone know of a few different effective websites that can help me generate leads? A all in one stop and shop kind of website? I’ve heard of Propstream. Anything else you guys can recommend?
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Evictions suck no matter what. Sometimes I read on BP some new folks are told to look for locations that are easy to evict vs looking for locations that just have fewer evictions per captia. Here are the highest and ...
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I’m about to market for tenant buyers as part of a lease option strategy and need to be able to set them up with a good mortgage broker so we can see exactly how long it will take for them to qualify for a mortgage an...