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Hi, I'm very new to real estate investing and I hope to get connected to people who can help me start on this journey. I'm based in Illinois, but I'm also looking to try to invest out of state.
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I am looking into private money lending sites for house flipping and was curious about others experiences. What sites have you used? Which have the best terms, etc? Which sites work with first time flippers? Any knowl...
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Hi.,
I'm in need of some help. I got a FHA previously, then refinanced into a conventional load, now I need to do a FHA because I want a bigger place, but they mentioned I cant get a second FHA in the same town. Anyo...
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So I've scoured BP and the web on self-directed IRAs and have gotten a bunch of useful information. Unfortunately the information I was able to find was mostly on setting one up and general guidelines on how to operat...
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I am invested in the single family space but looking to expand into 5+ unit properties. My questions are around the loan terms. Here’s an example of a property I’m looking at: $600K list price with 6 units. With comme...
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Hi BP membersI am looking into a buy and hold strategy for cash-flow and Indianapolis are looks reasonable .I am looking at C+ abd B area SFH.As I look to build my Core 4 I wanted to hear experience out of state inves...
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HelloI have bought two investment properties in the past the conventional way but now i would like to look into a private lender or private investor for financing. I dont know much about private lenders. Can someone e...
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Hello all, I'm new to investing and want to get started. I'm curious on when I sign a purchase and sales agreement with the seller, do I give the earnest money to the sellers title company or the buyers title company?...
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Its rare and hard to find a PM that will fund rentals so how do you structure one once they come by.
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I have been looking at rental commissions in the state of Florida. I see a trend of 5% or close to. Does that mean the realtor gets a commission of 5% the monthly rental rate?