Hello everyone! My name is Jesse and I am a new investor. I am about to close on my first property on march 22nd (tuesday!). It is a $250000 2 bedroom condo in the NY metro area. I will be renting this apartment out a...
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Hello BP,
So there is a home that I looked at today that is available for lease. It was shown to me by a property manager. It looked like a classic case of someone who accidentally turned into a landlord....
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Hello All. I could really use some help here. There's a FSBO house that I'm interested in buying as my primary residence. The home owner can't keep up with payments and has left me voicemail saying that the lender/ban...
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There are obvious benefits to acquiring properties that have permitted work, but I want to see if anyone can explain why some folks allow unpermitted work. My curiosity includes how timeframes are affected, the listin...
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What is your biggest roadblock right now in real estate investing?What are you doing to overcome it right now?Just trying to get a convo started, have a good weekend everyone.
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Why YOU should become a hard money lender:1. VERY limited risk if you underwrite properly2. returns up to 60% per anum or more3. easy easy investment--just collect mailbox money4. much LESS work than being a landlord5...
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Has anyone come across the Money Merge Account (MMA), which is being marketed by United First Financial?
The idea is to use a HELOC to prepay your first mortgage by timing additional payments. It is supposed to be be...
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Obama sounded almost giddy on how well the country is doing. The stated unemployment rate only ROSE to 9.9%. HOORAY! (however, when you include EVERYTHING in that category, it is 17.4%, almpost a record high)He says t...
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My situation is that I'm 45 years old and I have a 401K with my current employer. They match 100% up to 3% then 50% up to 5%. So I contribute 5% and get 4%, immediately vested. I've been contributing this for about 13...
I'm hoping that someone sees this and can dive in with "real talk." I'm going to lay it out there, and as I'm learning through this initial start up process (and I'm a quick learner) that I'll be able to realistically...