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Economic Update
(Monday, May 31, 2021)
The one place that's rip-roaring in our economy is the housing market. In fact, home prices are accelerating, as the Case-Shiller 20-City Index shows. Year-on-year gains rose ...
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Im in position to buy my first investment property. With the virus issues just starting to heat up Im now wondering am I starting out at the beginning of a bad time to enter the market? This will be my first Investmen...
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I requested to redeem the funds I had invested over at "Fundrise" back in January 2020 (before the pandemic) for a Capital Expenditure budgeted for March.... Still waiting!!!!
Now they send me this:
Fundrise Advis...
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I'm just curious as to how other people define 'overleveraged'? How much leverage is too much? I would be afraid to have a balloon loan or a one year arm. I would be afraid to use hard money. But I do have a 20 year a...
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Hello BP,I am considering withdrawing money from my IRA pursuant to CARES Act. According to the Act, one has to qualify to be eligible. Besides the obvious qualifiers such as being infected by the virus or losing a jo...
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