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Wanted to reach out and understand if this is legal or not for an HOA to do. Found a short sale property, put it under contract and later (months later) found out that there were almost $20k worth of over due HOA dues...
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Hello, I currently have 3 questions to ask. When starting out as a new real estate investor do you absolutely need reserves? I was talking with a local investor and he was explaining how I need about 20k in reserves o...
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Finding deals? Deciding on a market? Securing financing? What's holding you back right now on your real estate journey? If you're a military veteran feel free to jump in as well, but I definitely want to hear from fel...
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As a new investor looking at markets out-of-state, I found this blog post by @Scott Trench - 2016 Best and Worst REI Markets - to be super helpful. For those who haven’t read it, it provides a ranking of the attractiv...
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I got this email from my attorney. Any thoughts or suggestions would be appreciated. Thurmon: I was out of the office for most of yesterday, so this is the first opportunity I have had to inform you of further events...
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Hello All,I am intrigued by the "art" of wholesaling and I am drawn to it, by reading, listening to all the strategies that I hear. It seems like a lot of work, but it is rewarded by a great level of satisfaction when...
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I recently passed the CO real estate broker exam and I'm trying to decide what brokerage to join. I live in the Denver area which is one of the hottest markets in the country both on the residential and commercial sid...
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I'm new to biggerpockets.com and I'm loving the site!! Anyway... I want to contribute as much as I can to everyone so I wanted for all of you to get word about a huge scam that's going on in the rental indus...