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Having been around since the very early 80's, I've seen a few real estate cycles. I'll freely admit that I did not foresee the extent of the recent collapse. I saw a decline/correction coming, beginning in 2003 - wh...
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I'm finding myself in a tough spot. Here is a little history. I'm 31 and a buy and hold investor. I currently have 20 units which are doing quite well, and are not taking up too much of my time (2-4 hr...
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I am trying to wrap my head around negative interest rates. Who buys bonds with negative interest rates? Are they 100% monetized? Could this be a trend that is coming to the USA?
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Hey All-Been lurking and reading for a while. Wife and I are about 7-8 years away from retirement (from Atlanta). Over the years we've really enjoyed spending time on Perdido Key and are considering an investment in...
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I found this article in Yahoo Finance, pretty much it predicts that commercial R.E. will also collapse. Do you think it will? If it does, it might be a great opportunity to buy some...cause I'm sure it'll be back up i...
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Hi there everyone. My name is Jeff and I'm new to these forums. I've had a look around some and I like what this site is about. I have a good friend who is a realtor who told me about this community. I'm excited t...
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Due to all of the people loosing their jobs no longer paying in and the number of baby boomers hitting retirement age and taking ou...
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Here’s my potential frugal plan to drastically reduce my housing costs in Bay Area. On Thursday begins Plan A, I’m gonna ask for a raise at my current W2 full-time software engineering job, and plan B, if that raise g...
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Does this relief mean 2021 will continue the RE bull run? What are your thoughts and strategies for 2021 as a landlord and RE investor?
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Any banks out there that do 95-100% LTV HLOC for investment property's ie: Multi family home non occupied . All I've be seeing is 80% to max of 85% none out there that do 100% for non primary property.