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Hello everyone! Quick question here about pre approvals. Me and my wife are in the process of getting our papers together for pre approval. My concerns are as follows: How badly does getting pre approval affect my cre...
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Hello, so my business partner and I are looking to purchase a multi-unit property. His credit history is very limited so we want to get approved without him but I can't make the full 25% down payment without his funds...
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Hi All, My wife and I are fiercely looking for our first multi-family property around central Iowa (Des Moines metro, Ames, etc.) to move into and house hack. We are currently renting, and this will be our first home...
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Hi all,Wanted to see if anyone run into this issue and can offer advice. I'm working with commercial lender for financing and put in my first offer on a fix/flip property. Offer had financial contingency and our agent...
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I recently purchased a condo to fix/flip in a complex that will currently only have financing through a portfolio lender. The big issues is that in a 60 unit complex one guy owns 14 units (well over 10%). If he would ...
Hi I recently bought a vacant land in bay area (Santa Clara county) and it is unincorporated area, I wanted to get building site approval and many of the folks told me it take huge time 2 yrs etc, some told me there a...
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I am currently a professional baseball player for the Chicago White Sox. With that being said it is extremely hard to get loans from the bank due to only having seasonal income. I was fortunate enough to get approve...
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Hi, I am looking at two short sales that both have "Bank approved" prices. I was wondering, does anyone have experience offering less and getting it approved? Or do banks hold firm at that approved number? I have no p...
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I thought it would be fun to start a meetup in my area. Guess not.Your group was not approved to become a Meetup.We reviewed your group, RealEstateLove, and it isn't a fit for Meetup. Meetup does not support groups w...
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I just got pre-approved today for my first property. I'm looking to get a multi-unit property using a FHA loan. I've already figured out what price range I'm trying to stay in based on debt service, taxes, pmi etc. Ot...