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The NEW lease-option design...As I understand it, one of the requirements of the new Consumer Finance Protection Bureau, birthed from the Dodd-Frank legislation, is that ANY lender in an installment sale has to verify...
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All,
I have owned a single-family home in West Virginia for 11 years, and have operated it as a rental for most of that time. I decided to get rid of it year and finally got it locked up under contract with a...
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Market Vertigo
by Cliff Draughn
"We give you a Republic; now see if you can keep it." -- Ben Franklin
As I have remarked in prior calendar-turning newsletters, it is this time of the year when most people pause ...
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I like sfh's more then apartments. Am i crazy? Seems to me at least in my area its a better business model.
Example so i looked at i thought was a steal for a 5 unit for $60,000 but in a bad area. It would cashflow ...
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The more I read and learn about investing, according to the bigger pockets strategies, the more questions I have.Wouldn’t renting in a low economic area, where homes are selling for under $100k, wouldn’t that also inv...
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I will start with two simple questions:
Are we at war?
Is President Obama the Commander in Chief?
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Rich vs Wealth
As I have been taught, the difference between rich and wealth is rich people work for money; wealthy people have their money work for them.
To illustrate, some professional U.S. athletes ...
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Hi BP community, my name is Tinah - a brand new real estate investor and I am in a bit of pickle - need guidance.I signed a P&S agreement on a property and later realized that by law the lead disclosure on lease d...
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Hello everyone,
As a newbie investor, I am trying to learn as much as I can before taking the plunge. I started the process of learning over a year ago, but I still feel no closer to making my first purchase. By acci...
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Hey BPers,So I've been brainstorming about how to start stacking up my finances to come up with a down payment and I came across something. I'm freshly out of school and I have a good paying job but it still takes som...