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I'm a former banking lawyer, and former lawyer for the FDIC closed-bank division. I can tell you, from the inside, how banks evaluate short sale offers. Since then, I've successfully negotiated many short sales to buy...
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My wife and I live in the Springfield, MO area and are wanting to start investing locally. We have 20k in savings and about 30k of equity in our current residence. We are juggling between three different options to ge...
Sorry if this is common knowledge here. I am new and only have one rental house right now, but looking to buy more.
I have a family member that has a rental property that she was going to unload because she didn't...
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I'm guessing this has been covered somewhere, but alas, there does not appear to be a search function on the mobile app, so I can't find it!
What's the deal with buying tax liens? Great idea? Awful idea? Depends on t...
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Greetings everyone
I hope all is well , here's what's going on , there's a vacant house in a revitalization area in Detroit , I really like it I see the potential in it for cash flow and appreciation it's listed for...
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Hello BP community. I'm new to Real Estate Investing and the BP forums. I'd like to learn more about house hacking, specifically with buying multifamily properties. How do you find the most profitable deals in this ma...
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I'm about to buy a wholesale FSBO in Texas for a flip and I'm not coming with a realtor either. Negotiated the price down since the seller wouldn't have to pay any BAC. This is the first time that I've taken this appr...
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Good morning. Has anyone purchased a property using a homepath mortgage? I know the basics & have scrolled through their website. Can you put as low as 5% down if your not planning on occupying? If any members hav...
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Hello all,This is my first post on BP, despite listening to the podcast for well over two years now. The recent podcast on purchasing notes intrigued me because I had never heard of this method. I feel this may be a g...
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I have a potential tennent that offered to make repairs to the house in exchange for discounted rent.
I'm leery of the idea because I dont know quality of work. But I'm also open to it because contractors have questi...