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Account Closed Hard Money pts considered part of closing costs or separate?
23 August 2012 | 19 replies

Hi folks,

Hopefully a simple question.

I talked to a private lender recently and asked what typical closing costs were. I was told $5-6k, which didn't shock me too much.

Later in the conversation I asked what the...

Scott Johnson My mom went to bed angry...
15 July 2019 | 30 replies

My family started a wholesaling business and we’re progressing well. We are a part of a wholesaler team here in town, multiple wholesaling companies that operate independently but JV on deals regularly, and we tend to...

David Krulac "Home prices in real terms didn't increase"
8 August 2013 | 35 replies

"from 1890 to 1990. The American dream of building wealth through homeownership is a FALLACY. That was the bubble thinking but its still fresh in our minds."

Robert Shiller, Economist Yale University, and c...

Account Closed Offer turned down--thoughts please (long)
22 February 2007 | 3 replies

My short term goals:
get a mortgage and buy at least a 3/2 house to rent w/a positive cash flow.
Move into it, and either rent or sell my residence. This new house may or may not be _my_ house for the rest of my life....

Ashley Zhang help needed on self storage analysis
12 August 2020 | 8 replies

Hi guys, I would like to know how much should I offer to this SS deal, or should I even offer? While I am looking for my first SS store facility, I found this mini SS, located in the best part of town in which propert...

Bryan N. Geez... my realtor threw 111 MLS listings at me
22 June 2014 | 27 replies

What is the best method for begginning to filter all this data. My thougts were:

1) Calculate mortgage based on purchase price and down payment

2) Apply 50% rule

3) Determine "potential" cash flow

4) Physical...

Wes Brumit Wholesale legality
15 April 2015 | 15 replies

I am in Texas and have firm confidence wholesaling is legal. However, when talking with a Real Estate agent friend, they weren't so sure. She thought it wasn't and couldn't wrap her head around the idea.

My f...

Scott Wilkonson Using Software Engineer to Aggregate Data?
25 February 2021 | 7 replies

I'm looking to use large-scale data scraping to find deals.  Has anyone done this before or would be interested in doing it?  I'd love to hear ideas on what parameters would provide value.  I'd also love to discuss wh...

Curtis Steineke Best balance between leveraging and keeping debt ratio down
22 March 2016 | 16 replies

I am in the process of taking what to me is a large sum of money and invest it in real estate as part of a 1031 exchange.

I have always been taught that debt is bad and don't want to use all of it to finance prope...

Tony O'Brien Why Real Estate Income properties outclass Stocks and Bonds.
31 January 2016 | 1 reply

Investing in real estate has increased in popularity over the past 8 years becoming a popular investment vehicle, the art of buying to rent really became a broad market approach shortly after the 2008 housing crisis. ...