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I am looking to start buying and holding, but I am unsure whether or not to do a mortgage short sale or a tax sale... can anyone tell me what a tax sale is? And if I did buy a property in a tax sale do I own the prope...
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I'm jumping head first into STR and have 2 properties under contract. These would be my first STRs (I've only done LTR prior).I'd like to start "working" on the listings in AirBnb and Vrbo without them going live jus...
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Hola!I am an inspiring REI with a little bit of personal experience in acquiring and flipping properties, I started this in my early 20's and the decisions blessed me into early homeownership. I am now looking to star...
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Consider I buy a property and rent it out. Then sometime in the future I occupy it as an owner for 2 years and then sell it off. Would I receive the full $250K profit from selling the property as tax-free money?
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How do you keep your name off the paperwork when you create financing to the new homeowner in self directed Ira. In the event the ira would have to foreclose I do not want my name visible. Perhaps just account number...
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hi bp members! has anybody got a success with hubzu.com? we just won a bid but our lawyer advise us not to deal with them...
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Public Service Announcement I was scammed by a company called Xplicit Home Loan they offered me a loan of $280K for an investment property I was looking into. They claimed to be a private money lender. After sending t...
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About two months ago my Real Estate Broker offered me a condo before it was put on the market. I declined the offer because the price was too close to market value. I'm looking for buy and hold properties and i want t...
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We've been purchasing a lot of product lately on short contracts to be competitive in the Austin market. A closing we had recently got a bit chippy and the title company the seller selected failed to tell us we neede...
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Hey all, curious to see who's gone through either of these STR training programs, and what you liked about each. BNBFormula has been around much longer, I remember hearing the founder on a podcast I think back in 2018...