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I'm VERY new to this, so I have to be overlooking something. In Illinois they do a bid down auction on the penalty interest. And after some research, I found the majority of the winning bids on the liens go for betw...
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My partner and I have been considering purchasing a duplex as an investment for our first home. We moved back to Minneapolis last year after living in Los Angeles for 2 years. We have been renting for the past year at...
Ok so a seller called me yesterday basically told me he was about to list with a realtor but had it rented out in mean time. He asked how I got his name i said I am looking to buy houses in your neighborhood and this ...
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Let me first start by saying that I am far from being a newb in Short Sales. I'll be the first to admit that I'm not dumb enough to 'claim' to be doing short sales since 1952 or some crazy stuff like that.
As most o...
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Currently a resident in DE and looking to get into real estate. I don't see many people talk about Delaware or doing anything in DE other than our fantastic LLC benefits. Does anyone have any properties here, and if s...
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I am Lease/ Purchasing my home in Spring Tx. Montgomery Co. and I've already invested over 20K in this property but the owner went into default and tryin to catch it up but doesn't think she can before Feb.3rd Foreclo...
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I could use some advice on this.
Originally, I wanted to buy a multi family home in NYC with a FHA loan. I thought I could be a OO and live rent free AKA let my tenants cover the costs.
Thank goodness for BP! I may ...
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Howdy folks,
My wife and I are looking to invest a significant amount of cash in to out of state rental properties with a target of $115k/year in passive income. I got Mashvisor and love the analytics that it offers...
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Just had breakfast with an old friend (high school) who has 13 houses, bare commercial land and back taxes.
He is negative cash flow but always borrowed his way out of jams with his equity.
He is foreclosure close ...
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All:
I've been investing for 16 years and am trying to thoughtfully consider the best strategies moving forward in somewhat uncertain times. Most of my career I have been in the "re-fi till you die" camp but have b...