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I want to run background & credit checks on potential tenants, and I'm trying to choose between Transunion's SmartMove vs. Cozy's Tenant Screening.I expect many here are partial to SM as they appear to have been a...
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I'm sitting here going through listings that my agent sent me. More accurately, going thru through the listings that are auto-generated. That led me to thinking... what exactly does my agent do to get 3% of my money...
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I recently went to a creative financing meeting and got very inspired with what we spoke about. One of the topics covered was master lease options, or sandwich lease, and as he was doing a demo on how to pitch it. ...
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I need some help evaluating a commercial deal I have in mind. This is the first commercial property I’m interested in. This property is a 17,300 sqrt class B commercial building located in Wake County, NC. The tax va...
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Hey there everyone! It’s been a pretty awesome (and hectic) 11 months for me. I went from having just one rental at the start of the year, to having 3 houses close at the same time, with rehabs of various difficulty...
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Here is a bit of background: A friend of mine and I have teamed up and are diving into real estate. Neither of us have any substantial cash on hand but we both have good jobs and good credit. We’ve teamed up because...
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My husband and I are looking to move to a new city and continue to grow our short-term rental / airb&b business there. We have successfully setup 2 places in the mid-west (Kansas City) but are ready for a change o...
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Arguably, one of the 1st steps in commercial is to have a seasoned LLC to be able to get financing. I've been researching the main differences between traditional mortgages for residential and commercial lending and j...
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We have had a house listed with a realtor. We started at $254 looking for an owner financed deal but ended up getting the house under contract at $227 with traditional financing. The buyer has not been able to sec...
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I am trying to get around the 10 mortgage limitation that most banks have these days. My partner and I are buying distressed multifamily (2 - 4 units) with hard money, rehabbing the properties, putting good tenants in...