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How does consumer sentiment affect your business? With it improving once again, we hope to see the real estate investment market become better!!After a two-month decline, consumer sentiment in the state rose 2.1 point...
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I am looking purchase my first four family and have largely been looking in a town about 20 minutes from where I currently live. I grew up in this town and know the area well. I have found 2 four families which exc...
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I live in California and I have been looking for a place to invest that has cheaper homes than the $500,000 homes where I live. I have searched all over using Zillow and one of the states I am considering investing in...
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We are currently accepting applications on a rental and just received an application from a couple with really low credit scores, along with one of the individuals having an account in collections. They viewed the pr...
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Just curious whether the downturn in the stock market has affected your real estate investment plans for 2016. Does the markets poor performance make you more likely to buy real estate or has the loss in value negativ...
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Hi BP!I'm looking into to purchasing a flip property where the owner recently died in the home. The after reno value of this property,without a death in the home, will be around $400k. How much decrease in value shoul...
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Hey folks, We closed on our first property 30 days ago using a conventional, 25% down 30 yr loan from a local bank and have been applying to get a personal loan to potential BRRRR or flip on another property with no s...
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Had 3 people stop by my rental house to view it: a father and 2 teen sons. They said that was all the people who were going to move in. Received their applications today, same story.I called their current landlord and...
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When renting my properties, I have prospective tenants claiming their felt being discriminated aagainst because they were declined due to their credit score or income. Though I am free from such complaints since it's ...
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If I do, can I use his/her income as a reason?
Or what is your favorite "excuses"? :) sometimes we just do not like a person...
Thanks.