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First I want to start out with an introduction on my real estate journey thus far...I was in a dead end job living barely pay check to pay check when I received a flyer in the mail about real estate investing, I had r...
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Alright folks! I wanted to pick some of your experienced brains as far as my next step. Last year my wife and I purchased a tax default SFH for 75K in our hometown, put 45k into it and sold for 174k It worked out p...
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What's the deal with Dodd Frank - has it become more streamlined and easier to deal with over the past few years, that it has been implemented? Maybe I'm not up on the latest details of this. I have a friend, that is ...
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In the past month, good leads have been coming in!So far, Ive converted 1 out of 4 calls.A lady called me to buy her house via short sale. She was from Naples, FL and I work in Miami and Broward. I checked with my par...
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I have been looking into investing in Europe; specifically Italy or Spain. The goal is to buy something now that we can STR and in about 10-12 years live there for 3-6 months a year. Normally, I would state the resear...
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I am in the last stage of a whole life insurance policy application. I have a few questions before I proceed with finishing the app:
1. Has the borrow rate historically been lower than the dividend rate? Like before ...
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Hello - I was looking through Craigslist and came across a Borrower who needed to borrow about 2/3rd the purchase price for a property, which is in Las Vegas, Nevada. I like the property and the loan to value... the q...
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With lots of people preaching gold (and silver), I can't help but wonder that gold maybe as well be the next bubble.
Any thoughts?
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Ok, real estate agent rant after drama once again on closing a loan. How loans should be: Approve a loan with a specific buyer(s), seriously put them through all paces including tax transcripts, employer verificati...