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Hello all. I am a newbie wanting to start REI . I have been studying to get my RE license (exam is in Oct) because I was told that it was great way to learn about real estate, investing and to get access to the MLS....
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How do you get confidence on the deal when you are looking at out of state deals? I came across a property which I felt was good when i ran the numbers but not sure if the location is great and will be ren...
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What's going on everybody! My name is Alex Owens, I am 22 years old, and I just graduated from the University of Oklahoma. I began my real estate journey two years ago when - as a Finance and Accounting student - I re...
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First time poster, long time listener looking for a gut check on my strategy. My goals with real estate are to 1) make my money work harder than it would for me than if it were invested in the market, and ...
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From my research, owning a condo as a primary is more restrictive than owning a SFH because lenders view condos are higher risk. Is that true? So if one wants to buy investment properties, is it harder to get approv...
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I have been looking at some of these offerings from Fundrise and Realty Mogul such as Mogule Reit II and they look quite good.If my goal is to be a passive investor, why wouldn't I buy a REIT vs. invest in syndication...
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We have a customer on our site who has a significant amount of paid listings she has paid for and posted. In order to show her how committed we were to her order, we have marketed her properties heavily and the result...
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This might be a novel question, maybe not: I'm looking at a property that should be a 5 unit, but one unit does not currently have a C of O due to the lack of a working bathroom. It has been in this condition for the ...
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I was reading the tenant screening guide provided by BP, WOW it is full with some great information. Assuming the prospective tenant income is 3x rent, no evictions, and good references, do any of you also set a mi...
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I have 5 rentals in the Atlanta and Tampa area. In total they are worth around 1.2M and I have debt on them around 260K. I have talked to a Loan Broker about doing a cash-out refi. We first talked about a portfolio ...