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Hi,I am just looking for advice as we are desperate on where to turn. A contractor we hired with a contract took out roughly an extra $40 K over budget(the bank let him have it). We tried to get him to work for months...
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Hi Guys please help us out here.We rented an apartment on 15sept and paid 2 months deposit to the owner. After 3-4 days we found there were bed bugs in the house and we contacted the owner to do pest control in our ho...
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Hello, 👋🏾 my wife and I have recently began educating ourselves the last few months with real estate investing ie books/podcasts/this site. Everything we look at here in Tampa seems like the numbers aren’t even close ...
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This is a follow-up to my recent post about IRA audit myths. In this long sequel, I will discuss hiring audit and "IRS audit insurance."
1. DIY IRS audits.
Can you defend yourself against an IRS audit without hired ...
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Hi BP,I am interested with buying properties on auction.com. Does anyone know how this process would work? Let's say that I successfully buy a house on auction.com, would I need to reach out to an agent to finish clos...
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Hi, folks! My husband and I live pretty humbly so we have zero debt. We own our home, our cars, etc. My husband works part time for himself and I don’t work at all. Haven’t since 2017. We’re surviving and thriving jus...
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Zillow is showing a home in the neighborhood next to my primary residence (literally one tenth of a mile away) in "pre-foreclosure" status. It states the loan is in default and even gives the foreclosure attorney's na...
There’s a lot of buzz these days about Hardest Hit Funds as the exit strategy when you own a delinquent note on the way to REO. Sounds simply amazing. Seems there’s always an “angle” to work.Having spent nearly my ent...
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I am no expert in markets, finances or anything like that.. but since the stock market seems inflated.. are we going to see real estate prices drop within the next year? Specifically if the stock market drops signific...
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I am a military veteran with an accounting background. I am looking to transition into the field of real estate. More specifically, an investor looking to receive rental income and/or fix and flip. I am trying to figu...