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I have been reading, researching, & looking at properties for a few months now, but I need to get serious and start building my team to help me through my first 1031. My property is in SoCal, but I live in Michiga...
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We have one rental in Jackson and now on our second property manager. First was Evernest, (never again). Now, a Mom and Pop style PM. I don't want to say who since I'm not 100% sure what's going on. First red flag, th...
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I've got a few here and I'm feeling really stupid asking them!
1. We buy using an option contract. Haven't closed a deal yet, but are getting close. we haven't had any complaints from the banks about using an op...
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So we bought a small lot today that we plan to develop. The purchase was for $60k in cash using a buyer and seller broker. When the HUD came out the seller flipped out and didn't want to pay all of the commissions t...
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Greetings BiggerPockets!Just last month, I started crawling, walking (& dare I say running) towards being a new real estate investor! Last night, I was reading the Morris Invest Case Study 2.0 (@tyler jahnke) and ...
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Hi everyone... I'm new to this forum, thanks for having me.I'm in a little bind and need some help related to a 1031 exchange where a Qualified Intermediary is holding $113,344.93 of my money. Looking for some advi...
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