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I am a real estate agent and up until last week, I was working as an 'independent contractor' doing marketing and providing real estate assistance for a top real estate agent. When I gave my resignation, as her market...
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I'm sure many of you have been here. YOU are getting into real estate investing and are very passionate about it. You become so passionate about it, you talk about it a LOT. You want your spouse to be passionate about...
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cc: @James Hamling So today is very interesting. Job market is extremely robust that we add 300k jobs than 150k predicted job. In theory this should not be good news because then Fed would have reason to keep the inte...
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I may leave a current employer and therefore I believe I will be eligible to turn my 401k into a real estate investment product. Pros and cons? ability to use the whole amount and how so ?
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(Thanks in advance for any suggestions and advice)
There is a SFH property about 2 miles from my house that I drive by twice a day (to and from work). It's had a FSBO sign in front of it almost from the time...
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ok so here is the story there is a sfr in my target area listed for 105k needs tons of work and was built in 1860 so updating is a must the comps are around 220 and taxes around 8k now from talking to the owner direct...
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Hello BP,In order to gain greater buying power (sooner) I was wondering if it's legal or if anyone here has ever combined their spouses 401k to use in a self directed 401k trust to purchase real estate property.I unde...
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Just pulled 2 all nighters to finish a rental property. Motivated to get to a bigger level. So decided to jump back end with my handyman and pump the property out. 3 weeks after last tenant(2 years) moved out and s...
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My market is pretty competitive, so brokers and rehabbers came to us to get a leg up on the competition. While I love direct mail, the sellers have almost become numb to it because there are so many new "investors" en...
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What's my next move if my tenant won't sign for the certified mail that includes their eviction notice? My lease agreement states that notices will be sent via certified mail. I can check the tracking that says "deliv...