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We have had many people laugh at us when we told about this. We had an agent who would send us some properties he thought were good buys from listings on FMLS. He accompanied us to the auction on 11/07. At the auction...
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I am looking to get into REI and have six figures in retirement accounts to potentially obtain multi family in Chicago market.
Friend / Mentor uses Equity Trust Company to purchase and hold real estate in IRA throug...
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I'm trying to break the paralysis of analysis. I've done one bad deal.
I see REI as the only viable way to accumulate wealth for my family's circumstances.
1. The following is in outline form so that I don’t worr...
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Hello,
Despite all of the warnings to only invest in landlord friendly states, there are massive investments made in cities like New York San Fran. etc. that are considered landlord unfriendly.
Why is this? One ...
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I'm still in the learning phases, but trying to both stabalize my income and also figfure out how I could invest in real estate while working fulltime 40-50 hours a week. I imagine there is a lot of work and things th...
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Hello everyone!
I’m an 18 year old real estate agent also in college as a business major. And I have a few questions.1. What are some work arounds to getting a mortgage if I do not have 2 years proof of income?
2....
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I’ve been wanting to become a real estate investor for years now. I have 2 rentals that I did through traditional mortgages but am craving more. BUT EVERY TIME I try to learn more about different ways to actually bec...
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I have lived in the San Francisco bay area for the last 15 or so years, and am anxious to start doing some buy-and-hold investing. However, it seems that price-to-rent ratios are solidly over 30 in my area, and gener...