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I'm new to the real estate game, and I'm making a hard pivot in my financial strategy on where to allocate my money. All my life, my financial aspirations have been to max out my retirement accounts, but now I am tryi...
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I have a few things going on. So much that I wasn't sure how to title this! First, I have too much credit debt (embarrassed to admit 50k) and wanted to obtain a HELOC to pay off and at least get a tax credit for the i...
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Hello, I was thinking of getting my start in real estate by purchasing a duplex and renting it out to students. There is a college town about two hours from where I live. It is fairly small, only about 100,000 people...
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Dear All,I'm considering purchasing a property using an interest only HELOC + Conventional loan. It is a 3-family, which after expenses should produce about $360/month (see cost analysis attached). Rents are currentl...
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I'm new to real estate and I found my first deal on a duplex in the Houston Texas area. I was going to house hack using a VA loan. I visited the property and made a strong offer. A few days later my realt...
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I’m looking for some advice and or ideas in my first deal using a Self Directed IRA. We have a place under contract. The ARV is $40k - $50k more than the purchase price. Once all repairs and updates are included what ...
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Many mom & pop Buy and Hold or BRRRR investors often overlook creative ways of acquiring property. Creative means terms vs paying cash! For Buy and Hold strategies, this method is far more superior tha...
Hi everyone,I just sent out my first direct mail campaign last week, and I've started to receive phone calls. I'm using a questionnaire I downloaded from the resources page as a script to help guide the conversation ...
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So I have been doing research on Do Hard Money and there does not seem to be any resent reviews with positive input about them.After thinking about it for a few days i have decided to bite the bullet and do business w...
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Im considering a self directed IRA. Does anyone have experience with them? There are a fair number of rules and regulations, but I'd like to learn more if someone has real world experience. Questions that come to m...