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Wanted to share my most successful real estate deal I've ever completed. In just over a year I earned $103k by getting creative with what would typically be a standard flip or wholesale deal. First, the financials... ...
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How do I determine if adding square footage is worth the return? Would I juts look at comps around that size and take into account the cost of the addition with my contractor to see if it makes sense? What’s the avera...
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This case study illustrates how Cross Mountain Capital ("CMC") achieves exceptional returns in an "under the radar" market. In addition to investing in high growth MSAs, we like sleepier markets like Vermont and New H...
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Hello,I will soon be moving to Texas for work. I plan on buying my first home out there, but I am also planning on beginning to invest in buy and hold properties soon after I move. My wife and I will both be getting p...
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Hello all,Not sure if this should go into Personal Finance or not. Anyway, question is as stated - does your hard money loan count negatively towards your DTI ratio? I am wondering specifically in the context of if y...
I'm in Houston, TX. I have a few Short-term vacation rentals that owned by an LLC. I have been managing them in this existing LLC. I plan on scaling up and adding a few more of these. Should I create a property manage...
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In an effort to stimulate repairs and sales in neighborhoods hard hit by the housing crisis and recession, the FHA waived its standard prohibition against financing short-term house flips. Before the policy change, if...
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So I purchased my second property (first is live in flip that I'm gearing up to flip this year since 2yrs is up) back in mid-November with hopes of renting it out. Now that I've been rehabbing this property and gettin...
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Investment Info:
Single-family residence buy & hold investment in Lafayette.
Purchase price: $292,500
Cash invested: $1
Sale price: $509,900
Single Family Rental, purchased with buy& hold...
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I'm getting ready for my first flip project. Is there a rule of thumb of what costs require cash up front vs what can be covered via loans? From what I"ve gathered on a few posts, I believe the hard money loan downpay...