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Hello,I am a new to the area of real estate and one of the biggest problems stopping me from investing is that I do not understand the general flow "the deal". I'm specifically interested in this from the perspective ...
Hi Guys,I wanted the advice of some other landlords on collecting fees/damages from deadbeat tenants that you have kicked out?I recently served a 3-day move-out notice to a tenant, luckily they left and I didn't need ...
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I've been thinking about this for quite some time. It seems like renting from yourself (or through an entity you own) would be a great way to reduce expenses/taxes overall. Renting from yourself would have a few of ad...
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I'm currently working on development plans for two small office properties, one in Annapolis, MD and one in Washington, DC.
Cap rate on both , conservatively, would be approximately 7.2% ; that's at my sell p...
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My husband is in the process of buying a house (our first very own ) -a short sale we located, in NJ -seemed a really good deal at 250K in a neighborhood where any house worth buying would be in the mid 300K range....
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I am still fairly new to the retail business. I have built and sold a 10,000 sq. ft. building in the past. I currently have 8700 sq ft divided into 4 stores. I bought this as a value add that was half empty and onl...
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I am becoming increasingly frustrated by so-called wholesalers who contact me with a "deal," which, when I go to Redfin or Realtor.com, I find it is listed on the MLS for less than the "wholesaler" is presenting to m...
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Or, more specifically WHO is a real estate investor?As the term is now used, a wide variety of activities, some having almost nothing to do with investing, many having only a passive association with real property are...
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I own several single-family homes in Kansas City and they are all successfully rented out for a great return (about 14% average). I have been told by many successful investors that the next step I should look into is ...
When most people think of real estate investing the first thing that comes to mind is HGTV and flipping houses. The truth is that this is only one small niche within the real estate investing industry. There are numer...