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Someone I know bought a property in the 70s to use as a second home. They did this and then turned it in to a rental, self-managed, after a number of years. They never took depreciation on the property for whatever re...
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HelloMy name is Andrew, I am a real estate agent and investor from Los Angeles, Ca. I have been a real estate agent since 2012 and just got into real estate investing full-time this year. Since Jan I have done seve...
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Hello EveryoneMy name is Michael. My partner Jamie and I buy and sell multifamily homes in emerging markets all around the united states. While searching for emerging markets. I also look for multifamily homes that ha...
After realizing there is a massive shortage of single family homes in certain areas, and a large institutional Wall Street sweep on market supply of sfr’s, the concern is that American’s can’t buy a home and compete ...
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Hello BP, I’m curious what outdoor cameras self managing investors are using currently. Any suggestions? Also, suggestions on other methods / systems for keeping things safe and secure at my duplex. Thank you!
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I have a pre approval to purchase a home using a USDA loan. I am wondering if there are any professionals in the Ione area that can tell if a property can be funded with this method?From what I understand there is $12...
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TL;DR - Get your investment back without doing a cash-out refinance.Something occurred to me the other day when talking with my lender. This may be something that everyone knows and I'm just late to the game, but I th...
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I have been investing in Real Estate for the past 10 years. I started out with a very small amount of private money($20K) and my own cash. I used private money and my own cash until I was able to secure a primary resi...
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This may date me as my kids say I am too old school but since 2007 I have always had rent due on the 1st but not late if received by the 5th I am having more and more tenants, especially college aged, asking me if I d...
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I will create a note during an owner finance sale. I want to partial 15 (out of 30) years payments and also hypothecate it at 50% LTV.I know you guys see issues with this so let's try and talk them out to find solutio...