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My direct marketing campaign yielded a motivated seller of some condos local to me that I'm interested in acquiring for buy-and-hold rentals. The complex is a single 15 unit building in pretty good shape physically, ...
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Hi, I'm a doctor, and I'm new to finance/house hacking. I am a single mom but have been working hard to become familiar with this new world, and my long-term goal is to buy more rental properties over the next 10 year...
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What are the Best ways to find safe places in and around chicago land ?What I use currently :1. Trulia crime maps ( used to be convenient but they changed their coloring)2. clrsearch.com - demographics - the have a c...
So I have a home we built 5 years ago. We have a 480k mortgage on it, we have a 400k heloc as well that I use for investment purchases and then refinance after we fix up to pay the heloc off. I have done this with 3 p...
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New to RE investing , can I claim taxes fees on RE mentor/coaching, including Real-Estate software system package as RE start up Business cost?
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Just wondering where I might find things like median home prices in a region, average number of days on market, vacancy rates, and anything else I can get my hands on. Any suggestions?
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Daughter: 26yo and earns >100k/yr and, historically, has rolled her eyes when I mention the phrase "real estate". Me: Old, RE is a side gig, transitioning from hands-on RE investing to minimal-effort cash flow, sel...
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Pro Members - I am hoping for some help / assistance. I am partnering with a local RE development group to follow up and chase incoming leads for them. Basically I will be acquisitions specialist or director.
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In the late 90's I have done this before. My experience on that is I did a Common Mortgage at 70% LTV ARM NoDoc Loan and the Investor I bought it from carryed back a 2nd mortgage which resulted 100% Financing, all ...
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Hi all,I'm curious how you all would handle this situation? My tenant requests to have the rent due on the 15th of the month which they had an "unwritten" agreement with my previous property manager and the property m...