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Hello!I purchased a home in 2017. I lived in it for two years and for the last year I have been renting it out as I moved to Hawaii. I am renting in Hawaii and would like to get out of that situation. I don’t have eno...
These questions are aimed at members here who survived as landlords during the most recent Meltdown post-2008. I'm primarily interested in SoCal anecdotes as mine is in San Diego, but would be grateful for ANY shared ...
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All, I have a vacant rental that was costing me $20 or so a month for the gas alongside mortgage and other utilities. The last two months my bill has jumped to $200 and $250. This is a small, vacant rental that is onl...
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Voila, the direction of this post is summarized in the title. This post is not asking a specific question. Rather, it aims at exposing my current situation which may be familiar to many newcomers.I wasn't too sure whe...
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The guidance for this week is you want to stay in the markets that are below $300,000 or $200,000 depending upon your area--I talked to a woman the other day that was in Boston and their lower range in the market is...
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came across this article and was surprised by it. Basically it says Wells Fargo offers some portfolio lending in those circumstances where a seemingly qualified borrower or the type of loan doesn't meet fannie / fred...
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So I made a mistake.We sold a rental property and I assumed that we had to do 1031 exchange to avoid capital gains tax. My bad. I didn't double check for exceptions.$850 later, thinking I was so smart for doing 1031, ...
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Morning All!I'm excited to say that I have taken the first steps to purchase my first rental property with another investor in my area. We are purchasing two rental homes in the area under a LLC. Has anyone personally...
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What is more important to you as an investor today when buying a property for long-term buy & hold?
We are finding more and more investors with our company who understand they can get double digit net returns o...
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A couple moved in 4 months ago and now they are not a couple anymore but are stilling living together for now and they told me one of them might be moving out. In the mean time they each want to pay their own rent 50%...