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Merry Christmas Eve Folks!!! If you had $400K-$500K, what would you do with it as it pertains to real estate investing? Would you buy houses outright? Would you scoop up a small apartment complex? Would you finance a ...
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Is anyone familiar with placing trusts on property? What type of trust in lay terms? Obviously this was designed to avoid the due-on-sale clause but is it legal and effective? Are there any risks to the seller?
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Hi, I'm actually starting my own small real estate based data service. Initially, we will be covering just the DFW metroplex TX with efforts to expand quickly to the other top investor markets in the country. I'd ap...
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Hey guys, I sent out 1000 postcards to absentee homeowners last week I finally got the calls today but from 2 sellers who doesn't sound motivated and 1 angry man asking to be taken off the list. I want to know how man...
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I keep hearing about Birmingham market in numerous podcasts as an up and coming city for investment. What are your thoughts on the market and its potential growth? Alabama has a historic stigma of segregation and ra...
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I am looking at a mobile home park that appears to have been mismanaged and is now a short sale. The part is 18 lots with 4 homes currently on a lease to own. 4 more homes are in various states of disrepair and are va...
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Hi everyone. We're looking at a property we're thinking about buying that is located in a Flood Hazard area (as designated by FEMA). However the owner of the house next door was able to get a flood elevation certif...
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So we have a 2 piece toilet - it is one of those water saver ones and we hate it! Can we buy a same brand toilet with the same specs and just switch out the top piece?
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I am putting an addition on an old house that has 8" floor joists. For various reasons, it's very problematic to change the ceiling height between the original house and the addition. However, the smallest engineered ...
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I personally built & own a 12 unit, 100% occupied (for last 3 years) multi-family , with 10.5 % cap, $115K gross inc, on 3 visually appealing acres, located within 3 minutes of a major military base (yet I have 50...