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I just finished watching the webinar, "How to Buy Your First Duplex, Triplex, and Fourplex!" in which Brandon comments that collecting the rent in cash was "stupid." Can anyone enlighten me on why collecting the rent ...
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I recently acquired a building and there is one unit which is disgusting, smelly, and dirty. There have been multiple complaints of the smell by the other tenants. The smell equals that of underwear that has been worn...
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Hi everyone, I'm looking into entering a very niche market of providing a "Crash pad" to military officers going through long training courses. These individuals are on 3-5 month assignments, and are reimbursed for ho...
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Many investors quote Rich Dad to support their contention that a HOME is not an investment.Often this is done as an argument to invest capital in their commerical real estate deal instead of buying a home. Let me also...
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I was listening to talk radio today and they discussed corporate tax rates. I was surprised to learn that our country pays some of the highest in Corporate taxes in the World. Of course they were talking about how e...
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I am a new agent in New York and submitted an offer on a short sale on behalf of my client on a listing that was originally listed with an agent. I was then contacted by that agent and was told that she was withdrawi...
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Has anyone worked with NACA before to get an OO mortgage. It looks awesome on paper; however, whenever something looks to good to be true I like to put the feelers out a bit. Below is the link to the website if that h...
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Hey everybody! I am so happy to announce our October speaker will be Mitch Stephens from San Antonio, author of the book My Life & 1,000 Houses Failing Forward to Financial Freedom. He will be driving all the...
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Hi,I have potential tenants (husband and wife) interested in renting out my 3 bedrooms home who will use one bedroom as their primary residence and rent out other rooms through Airbnb in Los Angeles. They sent me thei...
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Ok - I just dont get it...If a seller carries the second, does that mean he is actually taking out a mortgage for like 20% so that you pay only 80? Or that he's cashing out 20% and giving it to you, or what?
Is it som...