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Hello,My name is Jared Carpenter and I have set a goal for myself be involved in a multi-family acquisition by the end of the year. As I am new to this, I could thing of no better place to start than to involve myself...
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I live in Southern California where we're lucky to have a number of long-running investment groups. No matter the topic, I enjoy attending meetings to meet other investors face to face. This week I've been busy - atte...
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Flipping Houses For Profit in Hawaii, Maui and OahuOK, let’s get to the basics. If you are just getting into flipping houses for profit, there’s much to learn, no doubt. You can’t learn how to do it a single weekend c...
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When using a self directed IRA as a down payment on a rental property, I'm understanding that any cash flow can't be touched for personal use (if that's not the case please chime in). What happens then if you wanted t...
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This is the advice I got from a relative six years ago when real estate looked like it would never stop going up, gold was like $500 back then. He had liquidated most of his real-estate holdings (he owned several hom...
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There are Five important points regarding Short Sale Double Closings (A to B; then B to C): 1) Necessity of Title Insurance for the A to B transaction; 2) Necessity of Disclosure to Short Sale Lender ("SSL"); 3) Neces...
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Hello everyone! My name is Erick Guajardo, I'm planning to start my REI adventure soon focusing on buy&hold properties and would love to get some advice on where to invest. See I'm fairly new to Maryland and since...
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Hi!
I'm a rookie real estate investor hoping to find or build a community of like-minded women. This journey that we're all on can be lonely, especially when it comes to balancing W2 jobs, kiddos and real estate inv...
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2nd position loan questions
How do you insure you mitigate the risk of not being paid back?
For me I use;
2nd lien on target property or cross collateral property deed of trust
JV agreement
Promissory Note
Pers...
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I'm heading toward closing later this month on this property and though I think I've got a decent deal here, a second opinion would be appreciated.
I've found a SFH in a decent neighborhood, 3 br 2 bath, garage has b...