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So I read this article this morning..http://www.marketwatch.com/story/stock-market-cras...Anyone here think there's a good chance that there will be a 50% crash in the market next year? Any thoughts on this and how t...
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Listed our first STR property last month and started using Guesty for Hosts as my management software to consolidate across platforms. Everything was fine when just using Airbnb (though you could argue against needing...
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- Credit Checks are a major deciding factor? - Have you ever had success without running a credit check? - Great applicant, with poor credit, that’s the only issue, would you take a chance on him?
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Does anyone have experience using a HELOC to pay off a mortgage early? I just bought my first property and had never heard of such a concept until I was recently listening to the Real Estate Guys Podcast. I've been li...
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I am compiling a list of crowdfunding sites, many of which I have interacted with in some fashion in the last few months. Here is what I have thus far:
Fundrise
iFunding
Realty Mogul
Realty Shares
Re...
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I had a potential tenant contact me and ask if I accept felons. I have read that it's illegal (discrimination) to flat out say "no felons" so I asked what the crime was. He said "sex offender, 16 years ago when I wa...
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So this is the first year that I have not had a traditional job and w2 income to show at tax time as well we own 4 rental properties (one in which we live in one side of a duplex). We also did a short term rental on A...
Thank you to everyone for your comments on my last spec deal post, especially @J Scott and @Will Barnard.I’ve worked through the opportunity further, met with local real estate agents and other developers to get thei...
Would it make sense to buy a home, rent for 1-2 years (negative cash flow), with the intention of making it our primary residence thereafter? Please advice. Is there anything I need to think about here?We found a home...
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I am working on building a list of self-directed IRA companies. Here is what I have so far:
1. Entrust
2. Equity Trust
3. Pensco
4. Sterling
5. UDirect
6. Asset Exchange Strategies
7. American Pension Service...