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Hey there! My wife and I got into our first house hack last year, a duplex in Cincinnati. We're trying to decide how to logistically go from this first one, to the next duplex/fourplex. We want to refi out of FHA and ...
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Still learning here....
Can property taxes in different parts of the city be any indication of the type of neighborhood? I would expect for higher taxes to be paid to faster growing and more affluent neighborhoods a...
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It's my first time helping my parents with tenant screening and the demand for rent has been great. We received over hundreds of inquiries. There is definitely more demand than supply in our market. Unfortunately, mos...
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One of my best friends posed a question to me that I couldn't quite answer. He's a renter and he asked me the following:Are there any creative ways to lower rent? I'm a landlord myself and offered my own experience ...
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I am currently in the process of applying for a HELOC. Today, I was given an appraisal of 145K on a house I bought for 135K 2 years ago. No one actually came to the house instead comps were done. With another lender ...
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Hi BP, Few questions on rentals that I cannot find the best answer/answer I want Brief background info: about a year ago we ( girlfriend and I) bought a house we were going to flip. We pretty much re did everything ou...
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HiI work with Third federal and they have an amazing feature of rate relock( which is not refinancing) in that they basically you can request for rate to be changed(when it drops) but paying $295( or lower when they h...
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Hi all,My business partner and I listed our home in Vilano Beach, FL back on 4/13/2023. We are looking to offload the property and get into a different investment strategy. To do so, we need the equity out of our home...
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I live in California. However, I plan on starting my real estate investing journey with buy and hold rental properties out of state. Particularly in the Midwest region where the market is cheaper. I feel like starti...
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Hi Team,
I have two properties under contract ( single family homes). Should I buy them under my business name LLC or just under my name? these will be my very first rental properties. I will use hard money lend...