Hi my name is Jack. Please excuse this post if it is under the wrong category, as I just joined this site and not quite sure on where to put this. I am a 16 year old in high school who plays two sports and takes any A...
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I have an agent that has been attempting to sell my property(Duplex) for 190 days. She is telling me that it is a slow market. I consider her a friend but I was thinking about retaining another agent. One deal fell th...
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I am currently in contract to buy a house on Long Island, NY. After our initial home inspection was done, we found baiting systems place all around the house, but the seller seems to have no recolection of who install...
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Motivated Seller list in the flip game can be a challenge to determine the quality of who you are mailing to. So I had the idea of just using a pool of NPN 2nds to build a database in a given market.Am I thinking th...
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rental income is only calculated after 2 years on tax returns? if my DTI was hovering around the higher limits (45-48) would a signed lease or 6 copies of rent checks/deposits help with my chances of getting appro...
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I purchased a duplex that I have lived in for a couple of years. It passed all inspections when I bought it, however I quickly realized there were many problems hidden behind the walls. I did some digging and found ou...
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A lot of investors are turning to section 8 now that they've moved the rent higher than market rent. I'm thinking of adding more section 8s to my portfolio in 2024. Do you often receive the rent listed on the chart?...
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I am very new and learning as much as a i can, i wondering if when looknig at properties there is a way to determine the percentage of rented homes in a neighborhood vs. owner occupied.
Also i was wondering what yall...
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hello me and my wife been in the process of buying this SS in longisland NY. So far we are at the pony where we are waiting for the SS bank to approve everything. Contract is signed by me and the seller. Down payment...
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HelloI have a lead, but my next step is to put it under contract. How do I get the seller to sign? or what is the best way to motivate seller about signing?