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Economic Update
(Monday, July 27, 2020)
This week is a good week for real estate investors (particularly if you have a house for sale). Existing houses sales are up, new home sales are up, inventories are down...
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Most community operators and most retailers now have, and depend on websites to drive traffic to their leasing and sales operations. No matter how an operator feels about them, websites are necessary when dealing with...
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We are looking to build a portfolio but don't quite have the resources to pay cash and/or finance another property this close to our last deal. Is seller financing a good idea to pick up a foreclosure in a location w...
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Hello, everyone! I'm heading off to college in late August, and I was curious as to which degrees could influence the success of my real estate investing journey. My top picks are accounting, business management, and ...
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My husband and I are thinking of using a 401K loan as a down payment on our first multi-family rental property. We may or may not live in it as well. We both work full time and we'd like to use all of the cashflow to ...
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I am a complete newbie, but I've been searching for property dilligently for the past 6 months and I believe this one has potential... what are your thoughts?# of units: 20all 1 bedroomall 360 sq ftasking price: $379k...
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In this video, acclaimed trends researcher Gerald Celente discusses why he believes that "The Greatest Depression" will begin in 2010. This is going to affect the rental business, the only question is HOW?
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My husband and I tried to purchase a 2/1 SFH earlier this week from a flipper. It is in move-in condition, could be put on the rental market the moment we close, ties up very little of our funds, and fits our perform...
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I am very much new to real estate investing. I have a ton of questions and haven't found google to be of very much use outside of pointing me to these forums. I have been browsing the posts and listening to the podca...
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Do you think the current market will have a lasting effect on the way the general public views purchasing a home?
It seems that after losing a home to foreclosure or having to negotiate a short sale would leave peopl...