Hey everyone, my name is Chuck and I recently moved to Emeryville, CA from Philadelphia, PA. I'm originally from the small town of Williamstown, NJ (South Jersey). I work in Corporate Finance in San Francisco after ...
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I started a hard money lending business with a couple of partners in the Nebraska and Iowa marketplace using our own capital. Demand has been solid, and it has become apparent that we are going to have all of our mone...
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I moved this post over from the Buying and Selling forum. Appreciate your feedback. Hopefully, you can learn from me and share insight. Thank you.
This is the initial email from my broker. I live in California. The p...
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After making tons of short sale offers we still haven't had any AGENTS interested in working with us. Do you basically need to personally know short sale listing agent personally to get an offer accepted? Or do they o...
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Finding motivated home sellers without a realtor can be challenging, but two effective strategies you can use today are Facebook paid advertising and door-to-door sticky-note delivery. Here’s how you can make these me...
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Real estate investing is not hard, its just very tedious. Especially shortsales and landlording.Therefore outsource everything that you possibly can. I know deep down inside we're all control freaks but the sooner we ...
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Hey everyone,I am 35 years old and planning to focus on real estate in this upcoming years after gaining around 150K dollars. I am looking to buy and hold properties and debating which city to invest in in the upcomin...
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1920 HUD former duplex 4/2 for $26K in a college town where 3/1 prices average in the 70's. Our contract date is 3rd week in April. The list of what needs repairs is long. Needs new plumbing on one side, including ...
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I'm currently looking to choose which to get a loan from and what's easier to get a 2nd loan from a small local bank or big banks
What are the differences? Between small local banks and the big top banks like...