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Hello everyone!I have been an out-of-state buy and hold investor for a couple years, but am looking to purchase my personal residence closer to home. The strategy is to manufacture a "house hack" by buying a property ...
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I'm in the middle of an deal for a legal two-flat in Chicago with FHA financing, but the numbers only work if I convert the basement into a livable space. FHA loan + expenses is $3000, Rental income with 2 units is $3...
I have some very specific questions about possibly renting out rooms in my house. My partner and I bought a house 5 months ago and would like to earn some extra income to eventually rennovate the entire house. Scenari...
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I'm looking to make my first real estate investment using an FHA loan, and wondering whether Los Angeles or New Jersey (Central) would be a better investment. I will be eventually locating to Los Angeles but have conc...
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I'm new in town. I live in Rockville where there is practically NO small multifamily properties.Aside from Baltimore and DC, where else can I look for multis?
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Hello Everyone,I'm a fairly new real estate agent in the Bay Area, CA. My brokerage recently had a quick presentation on how having an interest rate buydown vs. a sales price reduction could be beneficial to both sell...
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I have an STR property, a duplex that has no long term tenants in it. I have been renting on Airbnb/Vrbo for 9 months in 1 side of the duplex. For reasons I won't go into, I do not want to rent it as two separate prop...
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Hey Everyone,I am looking to purchase my first investment property in DC and possibly occupy one of the units while working in the city. My income and reserves are large enough to support a $1.5M property with a stand...
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I've been practicing running numbers on various deals in town and I found this 22 unit apartment listed in Tampa, FL. The apartments are located in a central location in Tampa and the owner has converted them to short...