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Well the uber doom-and-gloomers have been decidedly reticent of late. This changed recently in the blog arena. Changes in purchasing patterns of bonds later this year seem to have everyone in a tizzy now.
I renew...
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I recently purchased my first rental property with no money down. I did so by necessity as I am cash broke! However, I do put a substantial amount of money into my 401K account every pay check. I have always been r...
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I reached out to a lender and I was told I had to have capital of my own. I thought you didn’t have to have capital? He told me any lender is going to require me to have capital. He basically told me to save up some m...
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Lets see how much thought is going to go into this housing / bank bailout . . . frankly, I'm starting to think that the move to make is to stop paying the mortgage so I can:
a) Get "bailed out"
b) Renegotiate my loa...
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So seriously landed a deal that blows everyone of my other deals out. Me and my wife have been ecstatic and my father in law who is a big business man in the area cant believe it. Thanking god every day for my blessin...
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My husband's and my goal is to eventually use rental income as our retirement income. We currently have one rental home and are looking to have ~10 within the next 20 years. So the question is...what is the benefit of...
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If I want to hire my best friend, for example, who has done work for me and I know his work is good quality, what issues will this present in my BRRR? Will I have an issue getting hard money? etc TIA!
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Hi all,I've been looking to invest in rental properties for a bit of time. I am currently located in Illinois (Chicagoland). I looked around this area, however the taxes here range from 5k-12k on typical home which ...