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Hi my cousin was getting calls from investors wanted to buy a vacant lot and the investors said it’s going to sheriff sale. My cousin thought he was being scammed because he said to these investors that his mom didn’t...
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There is a house in which the foreclosure process just started 6/12/09. I am wondering how the best way to contact the next of kin (owner passed away). I know where the son lives and his phone #. My question is how is...
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Hello all, have been listening to the podcast and reading the forums for a little while and am ready to start investing. I was not able to find anything very similar to our particular situation and was hoping on advi...
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Good Morning BP CommunityI wanted to present this question to the community. I located an abandoned property and was able to then find the owners name through appraisal district website. The owner does not live there ...
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My lender just discovered a lien filed in 2019 against my husband in the county where I reside. When I applied to consolidate my first and second mortgages with a new mortgage through a new lender, I applied alone bu...
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Hello pros,
I am in contract to buy a short sale "as is" property in central Jersey. During inspection, we discovered there is an abandoned oil tank and soil contamination. The realtor is saying we can get ...
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In this market we all must look for ways to one up our competitive bids without changing the underwriting and lowering investor returns. I was meeting with several brokers this past week. One of them mentioned that ma...
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I'm in the middle of purchasing a older property. Its a duplex with a detached 3 car garage with an apartment on top.. so 3 doors...
The home is 102 years old. Seller was selling it for 290k, He settled for 250k.
I...
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Anyone watch Dirty Jobs with Mike Rowe? I know its a bit off topic, but I saw an interesting episode yesterday. Mike was working with an exterminator who had to remove bees from a house's walls. It was pretty amazi...
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So guys, I have never seen this until today. I received a call from a prospective tenant and answered their questions about a property for rent. I then went into my Zillow landlord account to respond to another emai...