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Fact.The US government is totally bankrupt, Social Security is running out of money, and that the Federal Reserve is rapidly engineering its own insolvency.How do we find value to soften the impact?How do we make bett...
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I am getting to the point where I will have to move from conventional loan products to commercial/portfolio loan products because of strict conventional guidelines and underwriting. My properties are SFR's, duplexes, ...
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Wondering if any investors are investing their cash flow to maximize the return they get on their money. I'm not currently living off my cash flow and would like to invest it in something liquid, and relatively safe ...
I like to use Net Present Value when evaluating deals, but I don't see it a lot on this forum or other real estate evaluations. Can anyone shed some light on why not to use it?
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Hi All,I have a buddy that just got out of the military and we plan on partnering up to do a house hack deal in San Jose. We were thinking about getting a duplex, renting one side out, and airbnb'ing the other side. ...
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I started writing this post last week, but the banking errr.. financial 'crisis' of 2023 (and make no doubt about it, that's what this is) has been 'evolving' so rapidly I had to delete what I was going to post to sta...
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Hey all,I'm still a little confused about the order in which things happen.First I find a deal, get it under contract, then take the deal to the hard money lender? Here's my hang up: If I put it under contract and sa...
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Hi everyone,I am a beginning real estate investor with a question regarding private lending. I currently live and work 9-5 in Manhattan, where the cost of purchasing any home nearby is quite prohibitive. As I have a w...
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We have a 1031 needs to be identified by the end of June, looking to buy 200+ up to 10,000 project based section 8 Housing in any state.
Please help as we are short in time.
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What are good questions to ask a possible mentor?
Mike