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In my city, our probate leads are published in the newspaper at the same time each month. I am finding that even in some big cities, folks are still having to trek down to the courthouse.
I was wondering, where all o...
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I've seen so many forum posts advising NOT to give any money to contractors upfront - because so many people have been ripped off by contractors. I've seen many responses from contractors, saying they've got to buy ma...
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Hello bp subscribers. My wife and I are brand new to the real estate investing world, and are looking @ all of our options for financing out first property, and one of them is possibly taking from my employee based 40...
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My recent BPO from WaMu was a drive-by, they didn't check the inside of the home.
I've been told that the next one will also be a drive-by...they don't reveal when it will be done, and there's no appointment set beca...
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Is it smart? Is it high risk? Will you go bankrupt? Is staying with your 401k's and mutual funds the best way to retire?
The reason why I bring up these questions is I had a big discussion with my father in l...
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We bought a recently remodeled home (our first investment property) and are about to start getting it ready to rent. We haven't yet handed over the keys to the PM and my mentor is encouraging me to self-manage. The pr...
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I read hundreds of questions in the forums every day. I see a lot of repetition in questions. People ask things like "Do I need an LLC" or "where do I advertise for tenants" or "how do you collect rent payment". We al...
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I have been communicating with a "private Lender" who is willing to lend me funds for a particular project. Having never met him, I'm looking for advise as to how to check him out for legitimacy. He sent me a copy o...
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Hello, I'm a brand new investor in CA. I've realized i do not have the working capital to currently invest in CA, since all the hard money lenders I've talked with require 20-35% down with a new investor like myself....
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I was asking myself this question the other day:If I was an average person investing in a random town in a random part of the United States, would I be better off investing in Real Estate, or the Stock Market?Turns ou...