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Hi everyone, here is the housing market update I publish for clients each month. As always, there are some interesting surprises! This is data for the Chicagoland metro area sourced from Midwest Real Estate Data LLC._...
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In the ever-evolving world of real estate, innovation is the name of the game, and generative AI is leading the charge into a realm of boundless possibilities. By tapping into the immense power of artificial intellige...
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Is anyone using this new service to unify telephone numbers, etc.? If so, would love to hear your reviews. I signed up and have a new phone number but before I go "live" and let everyone know via email and business, ...
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Several companies have tried and failed to create a successful ‘family lending’ platform, whereby family members can lend one another money. Similar to a peer-to-peer lending platform, also called crowdfunding, a fami...
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I'm realizing as my business grows I don't want my personal information out there, just had my first psycho guest after 150 bookings... I guess it was bound to happen eventually!I've already made a gmail account just ...
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I interested if any investors are willing to share, approx. percentages of how they have their properties financed?
I would like to know what different types of financing you are using.
Which ones are your favori...
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Me and my girlfriend are looking into getting a condo or a house for ourselves sometime very soon before we start our RE investing endeavors. I spoke with a loan officer at our credit union who referred us to someone...
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I bought my first house, built in 1999 (3/2/2, 1730 sqft, 0.13 acre) in Phoenix, AZ for 166,500 back in 2003 with 4.875% 7/1 ARM (now at 3.375%). I owe about $113,000 on it now. It is currently valued against 12 ...
I am buying my first rental all cash for 45k and am wondering how I can go about getting the cash back? I am running into a few problems that the banks are having with Non owner occupied properties.
The loan officers...
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Hey all,
With my WFH job I have 1-3 hours a day to spend studying real estate. I currently have 1 single family in Tulsa and partnered in a 20 unit complex, also in Tulsa. I want to spend these available hours learni...