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As cities are starting to relax the regulations of ADU development a lot of homeowners (and investors) are thinking about ways to maximize their property investments. In doing research on this I realized there's not a...
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Hopefully , this can motivate someone struggling to start or find a deal. I started this real estate journey in Houston Tx in 2016. I graduated from college in 2015 , you can imagine fresh out of college with a deg...
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Was a story on NPR this morning about the federal push to get permanent housing for Veterans (story here). Mentioned that the state of Minnesota is offering incentives of $1,000 for each Vet (newly) housed by the end...
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I hope this isn't any of our colleagues homes. What a nightmare. What could have been done differently?
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Does anyone know if a new 4-Unit out-of-the-ground quad of attached 2-story townhomes qualify under FHA's Construction-Permanent program if my wife and I owned the 4-unit quad building and occupied one of the townhome...
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We all deal with appraisals. Weaver it's a bank or buyers appraisal the objective remains the same, get the highest number. We do it by helping the appraiser do his job.
We meet appraiser on site with the binder f...
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I'm hearing about a lot of success stories and they are very motivating. However, I want to hear the other side, the bad stories, some mistakes you did and you wish you didn't, overpaying for a house, dishonest wholes...
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I did this flip a while ago but never posted anything because it felt like bragging. However I find myself reading and enjoying, and learning from other members posts almost on a daily basis so I figured this is my c...
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10 months ago I was driving up and down every road in this new town of Iron Mountain MI trying to get a feel for the quality of the neighborhoods and characteristics of the market. I still had a few weeks of college l...
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http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-edit-property-transfer-scam-1107-20151106-story.htmlIt's unbelievable what some people will do!