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Here's my story. I am in the process of obtaining my first investment. It's a duplex worth 180,000$ that's already been renovated. The duplex is "tenant ready". So after I figure out that this is the house I'm getting...
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I believe i want my first property to be a duplex or a 4 unit and 'house hack" my question is how will i get the loan? I'm 19 years old, i have 2 credit cards and a car loan, i have plenty of money to fund the down pa...
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I would like to learn from someone with experience preferably in the lending department. I am having troubles on figuring out how to effectively execute a HELOC strategy for house repairs and for future investing.
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Looking to BRRRR a SFR or small multi-family and only have about $30k cash. I'm not afraid of the cost of HML if the numbers make sense but hear the logistics of funding the rehab, etc. can be a nightmare...especiall...
I have been listening to the podcasts, reading, studying and using most of my free time to learn how to invest. I have learned much from other investor stories but I have yet to come across a success story of a person...
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Hello BP!I own a 3 Flat property on Chicago's Near West Side and I am planning on increasing rent in the following manner:(Rent increase is due to market rents and a hike in property tax)3bd/2ba, 1,150 sq ft Apartment...
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I need to see if anyone has any insight into this. My DTI score is at 48% high for a couple of reasons. 1.Husband has hourly job with required overtime and bonuses. Only base is looked at which leaves out (rounded ...
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Hi everyone!I heard about this wonderful forum from the BP podcast, which I have begun to thoroughly enjoy. Little bit about me; born and raised in the UK, first employee for a tech start up from Ireland, grew the Sal...
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Hello all,I have 5 Long Term Rentals that I converted to STR this year.I took out 40k from 2 CC to furnish the property and made some repairs.This lower my credit from 740 to 600.I would like to perform a Cash out ref...
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I'm working on raising private funds. Does anyone know the cheapest way to send mailers to potential investors? I had one of my employees pull a list of investors with their name and address only. So now I have a p...