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Hey Members,Hopefully everyone is having a great weekend. I'm looking for some feedback from investors, agents or other real estate professional in the Chicagoland area. My wife and I met with a real estate agent i...
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Hi all, I posted an intro in the new member section but also wanted to post here. I live in League City and work downtown. In a nutshell, I’m interested in single family rentals in our region to start my REI journey....
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I am looking to purchase a duplex as our first rental property. One of the units is currently rented by an 80 year old woman that has lived there almost 40 years. She's currently paying less than half the market rate...
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Over the years I've found that people do not read my advertisements completely and waste a tremendous amount of time showing property to people who do not qualify. I've recently been sending an email to every inquiry...
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Investment Info:
Small multi-family (2-4 units) buy & hold investment in Butler.
Purchase price: $62,000
Cash invested: $47,000
Our first rental property. An early 1900s brick duplex in an area c...
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I have just started looking for single family houses to buy and rent in the central maine (waterville, winslow) area. My plan (abbreviated) is to find plain but nice homes in decent areas, (not "high end" areas, just ...
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Hello all. I apologize if this post is poorly written!!I have been doing research into the hold strategy of: buying with cash (personal or borrowed), then rehabbing, renting and refinancing with conventional after sea...
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I have a gut feeling that a prospective tenant is supplying false information on the application. The landlord was "glowing" about her as a tenant. I tried a free phone lookup to confirm the number belongs to the na...
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Okay so my commercial real estate brokerage business is great. While I want to make investments what I do not have a lot of is time to devote for a return because that is a JOB.
I do not like hard money loans for len...
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Hi there, I'm just starting to get into small multi family. Should I do section 8? Sure, the state does autopay $1200 per month. My concern is what if the tenant trashes the property, I have no recourse. I wouldn't ...