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Hello, My name is William Smith and I'm new this website. I wanted to introduce myself and ask my first question here. I am not very familiar with California Real Estate market since I'm not from here but I live in Sa...
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Hello guys.
This site has been very helpful for me and encouraged me to start as an investor.
Again, thank you for responses and I am looking forward to get some again.
Typically, the more urbaniz...
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I have a tenant who suffered a stroke and currently is unable to drive her car. Her license plate tags expired but she filed a non-operated vehicle notice with the DMV and was approved. She provided the approved non-o...
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Does anybody have any experience or strong opinions about investing in a solar or wind energy farm? I’m not interested in the activist investor angle. How would the typical returns compare to residential real estate? ...
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Hey Everyone,
So I've been starting a few threads on here lately to try and learn a bit about "passive" investment opportunities, and wow its amazing how much you can learn from this website and its members.
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Would anyone refinance their home and hold the equity of it to have enough money for when more affordable homes come up (possibly during the down turn of the market)?
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I've brought this topic up elsewhere, but would love to hear more input from seasoned but and hold investors. Let's assume only the givens to making money exist on these, meaning no appreciation or rental increase....
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Hello everybody!I would love to house hack as my first investment but everything is of course very expensive here in Southern California, specifically Los Angeles. Currently looking at some duplexes, and as amazing as...
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When putting a property under contract with an Earnest Monday Deposit, is it possible to lose the Earnest Monday Deposit? How do ensure we get it back if we do not find an end buyer?
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Hey all! I live in Southern California and want to purchase my first property out of state since the market here is so high (over my budget). How realistic is it to find a cash flow positive property when investing fr...