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Hello,Thanks in advance for reading this and any help you may provide.I am a note investor. We have one note in Ohio. We initiated FC. However, the borrower, just Friday, wired $5K and begins making $913 payments m...
There is obviously a lot to learn and master in real estate investing. I was wondering from yall's past experience, what would you say the top 5 skills/habits were that made for your greatest advances early on? To say...
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I have owned a single-family home in West Virginia for 11 years, and have operated it as a rental for most of that time. I decided to get rid of it year and finally got it locked up under contract with a...
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Wow! Where to begin!?!A quick background on how I got involved in real estate investing. I started a new job a couple years ago. About a year in, my boss asked me if I was interested in retiring in 10 year. I obvio...
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I've been a landlord for a little over 2 years now. Had to charge my first late fee today. I want to make sure I got it right, since the lease agreement I used for this tenant was a standard form and it's not exactl...
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Howdy BP! I'm hoping to get some feedback before I make a mess out of an already sticky situation.Here's the deal: On a duplex I recently purchased, the upper unit was vacated before I took possession. Cool, because t...
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Just wondering ...I had a recent bad experience with a plumber that somehow convinced me that the 50% upfront and 50% at end was on the up and up.
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There is a lot of debate about staying local vs. investing out of town. What factors do you consider when deciding what market to invest in? What do you think makes a great market?
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I want to share something here. If there is still a question whether to raise or lower tax rates, please back it up with facts, or history, please.
This lesson will come in 3 parts.
Harding and Cololidge period
part...
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Ok. We are in deflation now, and we don't know how long it is going to last.
Because of our government, we know that eventually interest rates, taxes, and inflation are going to go up, up, up. The most important pri...