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Hello Everyone,I want to start investing in homes preferably buy and hold at the moment and but I have two problems: (1) my debt-to-income ratio is at 59% due to student loans and a car note; (2) my down payment money...
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There have been a lot of downtrodden posts and threads here on BP about how bad their situations are. Concern about retirement, pensions, estate taxes etc.
In this 5 part series, I've tried to offer some hope ...
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Hey all,I just had my first tenant inform me that they will be "moving on". They informed me on the day that their new lease was due to be signed and returned to me (7/1). Additionally, they paid me the old rent amoun...
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Utah's tax deed auctions are coming up and I was wondering if anyone who has been to them and could give me some insight. I live in Arizona and we do tax liens here and I'm only interested in raw land and want the de...
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So I'm in the middle of what seems like the twilight zone. I'm wholesaling the deal, found seller, buyer, closed, cashed the check. Done deal title company calls month later opps deal is bad not the real owner we miss...
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I just purchased a 1st position NPL on a home in Oklahoma and found out from FCI's bankruptcy specialist that the borrower had a Chapter 7 bankruptcy in 2009 which was discharged in 2012 but not yet closed. This was n...
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I'm working on some seminar prep with @Jason Dillard. His presentation is centered around the idea of growing your transaction creativity/profitability through the mastery of paper. For REIs involved in development pr...
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Hello, all! I am seeking some advice as I am new to the RE life and am stumped by the lack of professionalism and excess of hassle it has been thus far. We finally closed on a duplex in the middle of July. One tenant'...
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I just rented my place in the Bay Area, CA. but live in texas. I’m trying to determine if I should open a LLC to protect my personal assets or just go with an Umbrella? Since the property is in CA, I assume I would ne...
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I was just having a casual conversation with a couple of realtors an office manager and one of thier vendors and these guys think I'm a conspiracy theorist based on what we talk about here everyday.
I mean I'm sighti...