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Wanted to see what people's thoughts were about purchasing a flip or rental near (across from) a middle school or high school.I can see pros (easy commute) and cons (noise, traffic), but wanted to see whether others h...
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Hello all,
so I have my first rental and it's a 4 plex. This rental along with about 4 others backs to an alley. The alley continues on past my property and ends up at roads on all ends. My property fronts a maj...
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Looking to refinance my current home and buy a new home, so that I can rent out my current one. (Do some house hacking.) But mortgage lenders are telling me that I need 24 months of self employment history to qualify ...
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Hello,I have heard of several ways to use my personal 401(k) for creative financing. I'm thinking of transferring my previous employer 401(k)(quit my W2 job last month) to a Self Directed IRA to use these funds to Fix...
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Hello All! Thank you for welcoming me into the bigger pockets community! :) I purchased my first property at the age of 18, having learned early on by the example of my parents that ownership is the way to go. A cute ...
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Anybody have advice on the multi-family market in Vegas?
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Copied this from the California Apartment Association website on 6/21/19: Both the city and county of Los Angeles this week advanced policies that will require landlords to consider applicants who would use Section 8 ...
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I'm 45 and a newcomer to REI, just in the learning phase. I'm originally from the biggest little state in the Union RI but left there in 1995. I've lived in TN most of the time since then. I've been in the shadow of t...
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Hey everyone, I've got an up-down duplex (both units are 2-bedrooms) that is doing well enough as a long term rental in a town that is a vacation destination for people in the Twin Cities. We have another short term r...
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Just out of curiosity, how soon after buying a house can you refinance?