Recently, in working to start up my investing business, I stumbled onto the idea of using large personal loans for funding purchases and rehabs of rental properties. Once tenants are in place, I would refinance to a p...
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Hi BP,Is it possible to up exchange your primary 4 plex into a commercial property? Has anyone does this before?
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How does everyone usually figure out the average cap rates for their area? I read about a few different methods to see how people can come up with different ones when looking at them on a deal by deal basis. However, ...
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What is the best marketing you've seen for your type of investing? I focus on short sales. I saw a TV ad last week with two realtors that offer to sell your home and if they don't they'll buy it. I REALLY liked it,...
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Has anyone invested with Invest5s in the past down in San Antonio?
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Wondering if any wholesalers or other investors have used this software service, REI Reply. Seems too good to be true and wisdom tells me that it probably is. But hey, maybe they've cracked the code or something. I th...
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I am a little skiddish about posting what might be a stupid question.. I am currently closing on my first rental that I bought here in California three years ago and if all goes well I should be up $120k sooner than l...
I’ve done a few deals with a flipper in my area and all have went well. The new project is a knockdown and new construction build. The issue with our loan would be that there is no collateral since our loan amount wou...
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On July 1, 2019 an extremely bad hail storm hit the town I live in. Every roof I own is damaged, some roofs are badly hit, some siding is ruined on one or 2 sides, many windows are broken, and there is broken glass i...
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Hey, I'm doing research on the Fannie/ Freddy loans for a possible move-in flip or hold. I'm struggling to find any information on what the mortgage rates look like. Maybe they are the same as the FHA mortgage rates? ...