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I've been considering whether to establish LLCs for a number of California rental properties (and maybe for some out of state). Establishing a CA LLC has some significant start up costs especially if an attorney gets ...
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So hello I’m Metta I’m 37. I have BBA. I also spent almost 7 years in prison for defending myself. I hope you don’t judge me. I’m here for financial advice. I’m a law abiding citizen. Only been home since last January...
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I am living in my fixer upper now and for the next 6 months. While living here I am making a handful of major improvements on the house which will help increase rental value (capital expenses, like new appliances and ...
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For all of you that think that the SEC doesn't care about your general solicitation, you could not be more wrong. Today the SEC came out with this as part of their complaint against a defendant selling private securit...
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What is the best niche for newbies investors to get started with? My goals are to have my own real estate investing company that invest in single family homes, apartment buildings, duplexes, etc....
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Florida is one of the top states getting hit hard with foreclosures. I know you should only bid on first position mortgages that are being foreclosed. How can I tell if that's the case?
Final Judgement says:
"Plai...
A property I am looking at is coming up for foreclsoures sale soon. There is 1 mortgage and I expect the upset price related to that mortgage to be about $200K (including late fees, attorneys fees, etc.). In researchi...
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hi,
I have a non-paying tenant who has not been cooperating but I ended up with the worst combination of poor representation and a judge who was willing to break the law in favor of the defendant. I used Dennis Block...
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It is extremely difficult to give Jerome Geraghty the proper praise without divulging too much of the case in which I was a defendant. A case that in a rational person's mind shouldn’t have been a case due to its absu...
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I am thinking about buying a property which is leased-to-own for the term of 6 years. The numbers look like this:
Purchase price : $15k
Rents: $450/mo after taxes & insurance
At the end of 6 years the tenant owns...