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I read somewhere a good rule of thumb is a 30% equity purchase price. I guess the idea is that after closing costs and other potential fees there would still be enough left over to be a good deal. (I guess th...

Hi all. At the end of the school year I had planned to move the family up to Anchorage, AK. But as fate would have it we have decided as a family to make the Portland,OR area our new home.  I have a contract on my hom...

Hello everyone,

This is my first post, I've been a reader for about a week and now ready to ask a broad question. How should a first timer invest $80k in real estate?

First I'd like to thank the regular contributors...

I am still fairly new to the retail business.  I have built and sold a 10,000 sq. ft. building in the past.  I currently have 8700 sq ft divided into 4 stores.  I bought this as a value add that was half empty and onl...

A homeowner that contacted me from a yellow letter is willing to short sale her home. She owes too much. She is 6 months behind. The house needs a total rehab to be rent ready. She is supposed to talk to her mortgage ...

My dad is retiring and getting rid of a couple of his properties. He asked me if I wanted to look into getting the properties. A year ago I bought a foreclosed duplex with an fha203k loan and owner occupied. I am now ...

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Hi everyone.I got a property with hard money, rehabbed, and then refi'd out using Quicken Loans. In the mist of trying to get out as quickly as possible before our hard money payments hit (they gave us 3 mo. period to...

Hello fellow Denver investors and agents! For those of you who have been doing this long enough to remember when Denver real estate was still cheap (like back in 2000): what happened that caused prices to continually ...

Hi everyone,I'm planning to hire someone to cook dinner every night. Here's why I think this is a good idea. Please feel free to let me know if this is outlandish..1) The time I spend wondering what to eat for dinner,...