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Big news hit the mortgage world today. It looks like Bank of America is in talks to buy Countrywide:
http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/080110/wall_street.html
Thoughts?
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Morning BP!
Now first off, I am a beginner, I am in the education learning phase while I sort some things out to make my first purchase (Jan/Feb). I've talked to a few realtors and most have said for purch...
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Hello BP members. I just discovered a new way to leverage your money and current assets to purchase other real estate and am wondering if its too good to be true and what is the catch. What are your thoughts on Cost S...
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Big news, syndicators: This morning, the SEC adopted amendments that expand the definition of 'accredited investor'. This has been a LONG time coming. The changes will be effective 60 days after publication in the Fed...
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Millions face eviction, poverty as unemployment benefits expire with COVID-19 relief bill in limbohttps://apple.news/AfFH3WC3oRf...
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I found this when reviewing the new tax bill and posted about it in another post. Its not something I've seen mentioned in any of the news coverage. But very significant to folks here. This tax bill has a HUGE cha...
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This is one of those "good news, bad news" stories. I presented my case to a family friend that happens to be an investor. My lack of knowledge apparently tugged on his pity strings. Lol. *this is the good news part* ...
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I own an investment property (3 BR, 2 BA, SFH) in GA that was rented out in 2014 by our first contracted property manager. In 2015, I received a letter and an email on the same date that the management company had so...
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I am just starting out. I have been researching for about a year now and my strategy (at a very high level) is to BRRR my way to financial freedom. I am not excluding other strategies but I intend to focus most of my ...
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I've been working in insto finance for a few years spent a few hours having a dig around for any public information instituation buying of SFR as I'm personally invested in the Atlanta market just recently.
Came acro...