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https://www-marketwatch-com.cdn.ampproject.org/c/www.marketwatch.com/amp/story/guid/E5127276-1A17-11E7-8755-9AB7B5C1C318
Spoiler alert:
- According to the mortgage bankers association, the a...
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I got a mind-bending challenge.I want to liquidate my 6 rental condos and move the funds into one larger property.The condos are all over San Diego and the leases are all over the different months.I can't imagine a re...
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I need to hear some nightmare stories on subperforming notes. Just recently began studying them, and not seeing the immediate risk. Long foreclosure process? State loan laws tough to understand? Loanee difficult to...
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So I've realized that I am one of "those people". Lazy. Motivated but I don't follow through. Disorganized, so my life is full of crises that show up due to my poor planning. Self-important, so I have a hard time dele...
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Hello guys,I need your help to make sure I wont mess it up too bad in what could be my first deal. A realtor/investor friend of mine brought this property to my attention located in Miami, FL. It is just listed in th...
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Hello BP!I'm a new real estate agent based in Portland, OR. I've been with my brokerage firm for 3 months now. My goal is to learn the basic process of retail deals, I've completed just one deal and have a few others ...
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I’m looking to begin my real estate investing with purchasing properties and lease optioning them out. It will have to be out of state due to me living in SoCal. I’m mostly concerned with my out of state situation, ha...
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I have a MHP deal floating around. But the area has declined in population here are the local stats
population 16,000 down from 22,000 in 2000
Poverty rate 36%
number of jobs is 5.65K
The deals numbers are t...
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We have placed an offer on a bank owned property that was listed at $172,900. We offered $155k and asked that they pay closing costs. It generated a counteroffer of $172k with them paying closing costs.
Any advice on...
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I read somewhere that when you are remodeling a house to rent that some of the repairs actually can be written off in the year in which the remodel takes places and that it all doesn't have to be included in the cost ...