Hello everyone, I'm excited to have found this site and begin learning. My name is Ernesto Prado and I live in Norwalk CA with my wife and 3 young children. We currently have an existing 15year mortgage with equity an...
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Hello. I am interested in purchasing an investment property from an auction. I would like to renovate and rent it. This is a new venture and I could use all the advice I can get. My coworker recommended this site as a...
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I'm brand new to the forum and I honestly feel like I'm getting a free college degree or something, with all the knowledge on this site! The benefit of everyone's prior experiences is so helpful, and helps m...
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Hello all!!I am new to the site and I am currently exploring options for non traditional financing. I am in the terrible situation of not being able to receive traditional financing because of my short self employment...
Hello, everyone! My name is Mary-Ellen. I am looking to invest in real estate again to supplement my eventual retirement. I owned a three-family home back in the 80's but sold it. After reading the free e-book, I wou...
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My name is Kendra. I've been doing real estate investment for a short time now and enjoy it very much. I'm from the Sacramento area. I came across this site during one of my late night crunches and found t...
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First off I would like to sincerely thank everyone who posts on this site, it truly is an amazing resource and the knowledge I have gained from coming to this site is invaluable. I apologize for this thread as I know ...
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I recently lost my job and what better time to start a full-time career as a real estate investor, which has always been something I have wanted to do. I have a friend who has a lot of connections (banker, constructi...
Hello All - I'm an investor focused on multifamily properties in Hartford, CT and New York City. I have over 14 years of experience in commercial real estate finance with proven success in lending on multi-family, con...
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I am looking for a screening service that will not only do background/credit/evictions, but also job and reference checks from former landlords. Most of these I am seeing are simply background checks with optional cr...