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I'm new to this great site & would like to ask some questions on my situations here:
Bought this home in March 2007 for $625K as a primary residential.
- Down =$62.5k (my money) + Second =$62.5k (same lender).
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What is the biggest real estate investing mistake you have ever made?
Please share your experience in detail and provide a solution (if applicable).
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Just heard Grant Cardone (Cardone Capital) is suspending distributions to investors for April, May and June. Not surprised. REIT sector is getting decimated. Lots of margin calls and dividend cuts and suspensions ...
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Even before the pandemic (2019) my strategie had changed, I stopped offering year leases and instead only offer at-will leases to residential tenants. Fast forward to the pandemic and the entirety of our portfolio of ...
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I have a SF student rental that just moved their spring semester classes online due to the Coronavirus, I have a few tenants threatening to move back home but the lease they signed runs through July 2020, yes I feel t...
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How bad has it affected your real estate business?
In your mind... what is the opposite of fear?
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Hopefully a few of you can shed some light on this situation for me. I've had a property vacant for 1 month and just signed a new lease with what seemed like a good tenant (and he still might be...I did all the prope...
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We're house hacking a duplex and have friends who would be solid tenets for our other unit except one of them smokes. We were asked if it was okay if he smoked on the corner and not on the property. I don't think I'm ...
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Ok this is a long story (feel free to stop reading now). I’m in real estate investing by accident and trying my best to make the best of the situation. When my wife and I got married I started renting out my bachelo...